The UN Security Council has demanded that Tamil separatists holding out against the Sri Lankan military surrender and allow civilians trapped in the war zone to leave.Wednesday's call by Claude Heller, the council's rotating president, came as rights groups pressed the UN to do more, warning that tens of thousands of civilians remain stuck in "catastrophic" conditions.Heller said: "We demand that the LTTE [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] immediately lay down arms, renounce terrorism, allow a UN-assisted evacuation of the remaining civilians in the conflict area, and join the political process."Diplomats said after the closed session that the Security Council "strongly condemned" the Tigers and accused them of using civilians trapped in a small strip of land as human shields.
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