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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12165620" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/media/ALeqM5hnsS_-xC9kZPP5dFByVcqEABaQ9Q?docId=photo_1330089234238-1-0&size=s2" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lanka on Friday expressed outrage over the barring of one its  army generals from a UN peacekeeping committee following allegations  that he killed civilians during the island's civil war.Major  General Shavendra Silva, who is accused but not formally charged of war  crimes during the final phase of Sri Lanka's war in May 2009, was barred  from the peacekeeping advisory panel to UN chief Ban Ki-moon on  Wednesday."To seek to exclude him from a position in the UN is  unfair and contrary to the principles of the United Nations," the Sri  Lankan government said in a statement issued in New York.It added that the action amounted to a "public lynching without trial".Silva  headed the army's 58th division in the final months of the battle  against Tiger rebels. The military claimed victory in May 2009, but it  also sparked allegations that up to 40,000 civilians were killed by  troops.UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said she was "deeply  concerned at the impact" of Silva's nomination on the credibility of UN  peace-keeping, in a letter sent to Ban Ki-moon and other UN leaders,  which was obtained by AFP.Pillay said in the letter there was "a  reasonable conclusion that there is, at the very least, the appearance  of a case of international crimes to answer by Mr. Silva".Louise  Frechette, a Canadian official who chaired the special advisory group on  peacekeeping said that Silva's presence was "not appropriate or  helpful", though the diplomat attended the first meeting."The  approach of Madame Frechette... was outrageous and high handed given  that the United Nations is an organisation of member-states governed by  hallowed rules, regulations and etiquette," Sri Lanka's statement said.<img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/afp_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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