A panel of experts being
set up by the United Nations, as part of an accountability process
following the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, would not infringe on
the country’s sovereignty, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday,
agency reports said yesterday.
He told journalists that the
establishment of the panel was in line with a joint statement he had
issued with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his visit to
Sri Lanka last May after Government forces had defeated the LTTE.
"This joint statement contained a commitment related to ensuring an
accountability process for addressing violations of international
humanitarian and human rights laws," Moon said in response to questions
from reporters at his ...
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17 to the fore
Environmental Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka is pictured at
Gothami Road, Borella on Wednesday afternoon as he campaigned for
the forthcoming parliamentary election. Seventeen Buddhist monks, on
the invitation of the Colombo district candidate (number 17),
planted 17 saplings brought from 17 different locations at ‘Sadaham
Sevana’, Rajagiriya beginning at 17.17 to mark the international
biodiversity year. Pic Saranapala Pamunuwa
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