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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7028889" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Sri Lankan government has warned that ties with the United Nations  (UN) is in danger of going sour if the present conflict with UN  Secretary General Ban ki-moon over his move to appoint a panel on Sri  Lanka is not resolved.        The Foreign Ministry quoted Minister Rohitha Bogollagama as saying that  if not resolved taking into consideration Sri Lanka’s unique context  and rising public anger against the UN Chief’s proposed move, it has the  potential to dent or sour the excellent partnership Sri Lanka has been  enjoying with the UN since Independence.        The government reiterated its position that the proposed move by the UN  Secretary General to appoint a Panel of Experts to advise him on  accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka is an infringement on the  sovereignty of an independent Member State, without prejudice to the  application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.         The Foreign Minister said that the UN Chief should facilitate the  proposed visit by Mr. Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary General for  Political Affairs, to Sri Lanka following the General Elections to  assess first hand, the progress made on key fronts and discuss the  details of the proposed domestic mechanism to be set up by the  Government.         “These issues can be dealt with by Sri Lanka that already has full  fledged local mechanisms like the judiciary, commissions of inquiry to  undertake such inquiries. Further, the situation in Sri Lanka is not on  the agenda of either the Security Council or the General Assembly or its  subsidiary body, the Human Rights Council. Therefore, this proposed  measure can only be construed as an “intrusive unilateral initiative” by  the UN Secretary General,” the Foreign Ministry said.          It noted that the timing of the proposed initiative to coincide with  the election cycle in Sri Lanka smacks of a deliberate attempt to derive  political mileage by providing  unnecessary fodder to the opposition,  to local and international apologists of the LTTE  including to those  remaining elements of the LTTE currently active abroad. DailymirrorRelated News<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=560243" target="_blank">UN Ban hits out at Sri Lanka</a><a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=560243" target="_blank">http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=560243</a></blockquote>

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