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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9958931" data-attributes="member: 92282">UPDATE: UN human rights chief seeks investigation<img src="http://somaliswiss.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/navanethem-pillay-united-nations-high-commissioner-for-human-rights.jpg?w=293&h=222" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The UN human rights chief said Tuesday that an international inquiry was needed after a damning UN report on the killings of thousands of civilians during Sri Lanka's 2009 final assault on Tamil separatists."The eyewitness accounts and credible information contained in this report demand a full, impartial, independent and transparent investigation," said Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights."Unless there is a sea-change in the governments response, which has so far been one of total denial and blanket impunity, a full-fledged international inquiry will clearly be needed," she added.In its report released on Monday, a UN panel said the Sri Lanka military killed most of the civilian victims of the offensive but concluded that both sides may be guilty of war crimes and ordered Colombo to conduct a "genuine" inquiry.Pillay noted that the way the conflict was conducted "challenged the very foundations of the rules of war and cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians.""I hope the disturbing new information contained in this report will shock the conscience of the international community into finally taking serious action," she said.AFP</blockquote>

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