UN could not make assessments as staff withdrawn from some areas - Spokesman
April 27, 2011 11:34 pm
Asked by the media during Wednesday’s (April 27) noon briefing whether the United Nations did not accurately count fatalities during the last stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka, the Secretary General’s spokesman Martin Nesirky has said the UN would review its actions during the final stages of the conflict.
The Spokesperson has said that the United Nations would review its actions during the final stages of the conflict as for security reasons, UN staff had to be withdrawn from parts of Sri Lanka during the period of the final conflict between the LTTE and government forces and were unable to make assessments as a result.