Lanka’s UN human rights advisory body may be delayed
March 16, 2010 06:10 pm
United Nations, Mar 16 (PTI): The United Nation’s proposal
to form a panel on human right violations in
“He (Ban) hasn’t yet appointed a panel of experts... he is still considering such a panel’s terms of reference and he is in contact with his advisors including the High Commissioner of Human Rights (Navi Pillay),” UN spokesperson, Martin Nesirky, told journalists here.
The step has strongly been opposed by
The UN spokesman said no names had come up so far for inclusion in the experts’ panel adding “it is unlikely that the panel will actually be established very soon”.