U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he was "identifying persons" for the committee of experts that would probe allegations of human rights violations in Sri Lanka during the concluding stages of the war with the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Responding to a question on "delay" in setting up this commitee, Ban said: "My Chef de Cabinet (Vijay Nambiar) has been meeting with Rajapaksa government's U,N, representative Palitha Kohona and I'm in the process of making a move on this. I expect that Lynn Pascoe (U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs) will be able to visit Sri Lanka in the near future to discuss all the matters."
Colombo had raised objections to the formation of the advisory panel, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa personally speaking to Ban describing the world body's move as "uncalled for and unwarranted."
Separately, the chair of the Coordinating Bureau (CoB) of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) said in a letter to the U.N. Chief that setting up an advisory body amounted to "selective targeting" and interference in the internal affairs of a State, contrary to the Founding Principles of the NAM and the United Nations Charter.
By Courtesy of www.rttnews.com
25th March, 2010.
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