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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7677425" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://www.dailymirror.lk/images/UN-60-60.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lyn Pascoe said that a  report on Sri Lanka will be handed over to UN Secretary General Ban Ki  Moon next week and a panel of experts to advise the UN Chief on  accountability issues related to Sri Lanka will be appointed soon.     Pacoe who will depart back to New York this evening after concluding  his visit in the island, told journalists in Colombo a short while ago  that although the expert panel was appointed only to brief the UN Chief,  it would also be available as a resource that the Sri Lankans can turn  to if they wish.         When questioned for a date as to when the UN Chief was expected to  appoint his panel, Pascoe said that although he was unsure of the exact  dates, he expected it to be as early as next week.         "During my discussions with President Rajapakse yesterday, I made it  very clear to him that the expert panel would continue by the Secretray  General. However there have been many misunderstandings about this panel  about what its going to do, but there is no cause for concern at all. I  also hope that the panel would be useful to the Sri Lankan side,"  Pascoe said.          Pacoe who held discussions with President Mahinda Rajapakse, cabinet  officials responsible for foreign, defence and economic development and  the Attorney General during his visit said that the Sri Lankan  government had assured him that the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation  Commission appointed by President Rajapakse will provide Sri Lankans  with a credible and independent accountability mechanism and said that  the UN would support it and provide its assistance should the Lankan  government ask.         He further said the responsibility for carrying out a credible process  that meets international standards rests first and foremost with the Sri  Lankan authorities and the UN would follow with interest in the  progress made by the Presidential appointed commitee.     dailymirror</blockquote>

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