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Quoting an Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, the English weekly Sunday Leader said after commencing its official sessions the Panel hopes to cooperate with the Sri Lankan authorities when looking into the country's commitment to human rights accountability as stated in the 2009 statement issued following. UN Chief's visit to Sri Lanka and on alleged violations.
The UN official however has refused to elaborate further on the areas that would be looked at by the Panel including the "alleged violations" as the Panel is yet to commence official sessions.
When asked as to how the Panel would go about gathering information into the areas they would be looking at given the firm stance of the Sri Lankan Government not to cooperate with the UN Panel of Experts, the official has said that the Panel is hopeful of speaking. to various people involved in those areas and would also "seek the support of the Sri Lankan authorities.".
The Panel is to decide the modalities after it commences official sessions this month. "The Panel would consider all the issues and pan things out accordingly," the official has said.
The Panel met informally among them selves in New York on July 20 but the four-month clock assigned to conclude the Panel's investigations did not begin to count down from that meeting.
Richard Bennet, Representative of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), under which the Panel is functioning, has been appointed as the chief-of-staff of the Panel.
The final report of the Panel of Experts, which is expected four months after commencing official sessions, is expected to advise the UN Secretary-General on the implementation of the commitment to human rights accountability as agreed by the Sri Lankan Government in 2009.
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