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UN Chief received Panel report
The UN’s Expert Panel report on accountability issues with respect to the conflict in Sri Lanka, was handed over to the UN Secretary General Bank Ki-moon yesterday in New York, the UN said.
Acting Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq told media that “the Secretary General is also sharing a copy of the report at this time with the Sri Lankan Government as a matter of courtesy before making it public.”
The panel members delivered their report, and the Secretary-General expressed his sincere appreciation to the distinguished members of the panel for having completed their assignment.
He will study the report carefully and will determine his next steps in the coming days, Mr. Haq added.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in June, 2010 named a three-member panel of experts to advise him on how he should proceed with investigating violations of human rights and humanitarian law during the concluding stages of that country's long-drawn-out separatist war May, 2009.
The panel was tasked to examine the modalities, applicable international standards and comparative experience with regard to accountability processes, taking into account the nature and scope of any alleged violations in Sri Lanka.
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