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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7558474" data-attributes="member: 92282">The UN is in the process of selecting the members to be part of a panel  to advise UN Secretary-General Ban ki-moon on the implementation of the  commitments the Government of Sri Lanka made in the area of human rights  accountability.    According to a UN statement today a formal announcement on the  composition of the panel, which the Sri Lankan government has strongly  opposed, will be made once the members have been selected.         “The role of the panel is to advise the Secretary-General based on  international standards and experiences on the implementation of the  commitments the Government of Sri Lanka made in the area of human rights  accountability during the visit of the Secretary-General (to Sri Lanka)  a year ago. One of the key points here that was emphasized at the time  was the importance of the accountability process to address these  allegations of violations of international humanitarian law committed  during the final stages of the conflict. And the President of Sri Lanka  agreed to take measures to address those grievances,” the UN said.         The UN further noted that the world body and the Secretary-General  himself made energetic efforts in the months before the end of the  conflict to protect the lives of civilians trapped in the conflict zone  and facilitate a speedy and humane end to the conflict in order to save  lives.          “Unfortunately, none of the appeals and efforts were heeded, and a high  number of civilians were killed — and that was clearly unacceptable.  The Secretary-General strongly believes that there should be a serious  and credible accountability process for human rights violations alleged  to have been committed by both sides to the conflict, and the  Secretary-General has been actively pursuing that based on the  commitment made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa,” the UN said.     Dailymirror</blockquote>

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