By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 -- It was April when UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was accepting one recommendation of Panel of Experts he belated appointed into war crimes in Sri Lanka, that the UN review its own actions in the final stages of the conflict.
The UN actions include leaving Kilinochchi, not releasing casualty figures, and having Ban's chief of staff Vijay Nambiar pass assurances that international law would be complied with to surrenderees, who were then killed.
Now that is July, Inner City Press on Friday asked Ban's acting deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq, yes or no, if this review committed to in April has begun.
It has not. The response is still that other UN agencies are being consulted to figure out the “modalities” and “how to go about it.” That's already more than two months of delay, even to begin.
Inner City Press asked asked for confirmation of what it reported the previous day: that on July 5, Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet with Ban Ki-moon. Yes, Haq said, that meeting will happen. There should be a photo op, as there was when Ban met Shavendra Silva. Watch this site.
