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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7439935" data-attributes="member: 92282">United Nations  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is likely to go ahead with the appointment  of a UN panel to advise him on the need to probe alleged human rights  violations and war crimes in Sri Lanka.                                               UN  spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters on Friday Mr. Ban was not only  working on naming the panel but was also actively discussing the terms  of reference.                                               On  Thursday, the government announced the proposed appointment of a truth  commission probably as an attempt to stall the UN panel. But as things  stand, the UN is likely to go ahead with the panel whether or not the  government sets up its own truth commission to investigate alleged human  rights violations and war crimes.                                               Last  month Attorney General Mohan Peiris met with the UN chief and  unsuccessfully tried to convince him to abandon the proposed panel.                         On Friday, at a UN news conference Mr. Nesirky  ducked a question on Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's purported  threats to those who would give evidence on war crimes.                       "There is no delay. The  Secretary-General is pushing ahead with putting together the panel of  experts... Not only the panel, but the terms of reference; that are  being actively worked on," Mr. Nesirky said.sundaytimes</blockquote>

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