UN BAN’S CHALLENGE- DELHI ‘S CONSPIRACY TO KILL OFF SRI LANKA WAR CRIMES INITIATIVES
The Ground Report IndiaUN BAN’S CHALLENGE- DELHI ‘S CONSPIRACY TO KILL OFF SRI LANKA WAR CRIMES INITIATIVES
The Inner City Press reports (24th February and 3rd March) on the proceedings in the meetings that UN Ban had with Sri Lankan officials with war crimes record that the Ban’s ‘expert panel’ was to address distresses Eelam Tamils, the victims of the SL genocide crimes. More distressing is the involvement of Ban’s deputy, Nambiar who according to reports contributed to the massacres of the white flag waving Eelam Tamil resistance leaders obeying the orders to surrender. Nambiar who has a vested interest in neutralizing the work of Ban’s ‘expert panel’ being involved in its work endangers UN’s war crimes initiatives. Addressing this conflict of interest issue is a challenge at the very least to the moral authority of the UN, specifically the offices of UN Secretary General and UNHRC, the duly authorized bodies entrusted to deliver justice to the victims of the heinous genocide crimes that shocked humanity. The Secretary General’s office meeting with officials of the crime tainted SL regime that challenges Ban’s authority to appoint the panel and with SL officials like Palitha Kohona an accused in a case filed with ICC, and General Shavendre Silva involved in the Mullivaykkal (M’kal) massacres is morally most unacceptable. These are bound to compromise the standards of justice eventually delivered by the UN mandated courts. Analysts have discussed at length Nambiar’s role as Delhi’s South Block agent colluding with the ‘in the loop’ M’kal Narayanan and Shiva Shankar Menon who names also surface in SL’s crimes once Gothabhaya Rajapakse holds on to his ‘in the loop’ defense in any international court proceedings on SL massacres.
