UN Secretariat warned us of report leak - Lankan envoy
April 21, 2011 12:26 pm
The Sri Lankan government was warned by UN about the possibility of leakage of its report, which accuses Lanka of committing war crimes during the final offensive against LTTE, a top official has said.
“The UN Secretariat told the government that it was concerned that the report might be leaked because everything leaks from the Secretariat,” Palitha Kohona, Sri Lanka’s envoy to the UN, told PTI.
The UN, however, refuted the claim.
“We have no reason to believe that the leak came from the secretariat,” UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
Excerpts of the report, produced by an independent panel, were leaked to Sri Lanka’s ‘Island’ newspaper after a copy of it was given to the Sri Lankan government.
The UN has not officially released the report but it is expected to do so this week. The newspaper continues to publish excerpts from the report on the final stages of the conflict between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers, which ended in May 2009.
“The UN Secretariat told the government that it was concerned that the report might be leaked because everything leaks from the Secretariat,” Palitha Kohona, Sri Lanka’s envoy to the UN, told PTI.
The UN, however, refuted the claim.
“We have no reason to believe that the leak came from the secretariat,” UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
Excerpts of the report, produced by an independent panel, were leaked to Sri Lanka’s ‘Island’ newspaper after a copy of it was given to the Sri Lankan government.
The UN has not officially released the report but it is expected to do so this week. The newspaper continues to publish excerpts from the report on the final stages of the conflict between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers, which ended in May 2009.
