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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8290009" data-attributes="member: 92282">The panel appointed by UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon to advice him on  matters relating to Sri Lanka has formally begun work after meeting the  UN Chief yesterday, the UN announced today.According to the UN the Secretary-General held his first meeting  yesterday with the Panel of Experts established to advise him on the  issue of accountability with regard to alleged violations of  international humanitarian and human rights law during the final stages  of the conflict in Sri Lanka. The UN noted that the meeting marks the formal commencement of the  Panel's four-month mandate after which it will submit a report to the UN  the Secretary-General. The UN said that the Secretary-General is pleased that the Panel is  fully underway and looks forward to receiving its advice. The  Secretary-General is committed through his focus on this issue to  contribute to lasting peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka, the UN  said. Sri Lanka has strongly objected to the panel going ahead with its  meeting and the issue is to be raised between President Mahinda  Rajapaksa and UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon next week, government  sources had told Daily Mirror online yesterday.<a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/6631-panel-begins-work.html" target="_blank">Dailymirror</a></blockquote>

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