Sri Lanka monk party to press Russia and China to use veto against UN Chief

Sri Lanka's Sinhala Buddhist political party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) has decided to urge Russia and China to use veto power to not to let United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to contest for a second term.



Ban's first term ends in December 2011 and needs the blessing of the five veto power holding nations to vie for a second term, said a Sri Lankan Sinhala newspaper Lankadeepa quoting a senior spokesman of the JHU.

JHU has decided to hold a march to Russian and Chinese embassies soon and to hand over letters to the Ambassadors of the two nations urging them to use veto to deny Ban second term.

The JHU spokesman told the newspaper that the request is made from these two nations since they have already protested the UN General Secretary's panel to advise him on Sri Lanka's accountability issues.