Abolish the appointment of the ‘expert advisory panel’ on Sri Lanka, immediately
- Target:
- Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General,United Nations Organisation,1st Ave & E 44th St, New York
- Region:
- Sri Lanka
We consider the appointment of the Sri Lanka – Panel of Experts as an unwarranted and unnecessary interference with a sovereign nation.
In our opinion and understanding the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon has no authority to appoint an ‘expert advisor panel’ against a sovereign country without the approval of the Security Council.
The UN Charter provides that the Secretary General shall perform such functions as are entrusted to him by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other subsidiary bodies such as the Human Rights Council, but lacks authority to act in such matters on his own. In fact, Sri Lanka’s human rights issues have been dealt with appropriately by the international community in June 2009 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where the members decided in a 29 to 12 vote to not intervene in Sri Lanka’s internal issues.
We consider this as the first step towards framing allegations of war crimes against our country, based on vested interests of certain political powers.
Therefore we demand the UN Secretary General to abolish the appointment of the ‘expert advisory committee’ panel’ on Sri Lanka, immediately.
Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General
United Nations Organisation (headquarters)
1st Ave & E 44th St
New York, NY 10017
We consider the appointment of the Sri Lanka – Panel of Experts as an unwarranted and unnecessary interference with a sovereign nation. In our opinion and understanding the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon has no authority to appoint an ‘expert advisor panel’ against a sovereign country without the approval of the Security Council.
The UN Charter provides that the Secretary General shall perform such functions as are entrusted to him by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other subsidiary bodies such as the Human Rights Council, but lacks authority to act in such matters on his own. In fact, Sri Lanka’s human rights issues have been dealt with appropriately by the international community in June 2009 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where the members decided in a 29 to 12 vote to not intervene in Sri Lanka’s internal issues.
We consider this as the first step towards framing allegations of war crimes against our country, based on vested interests of certain political powers.
Therefore we demand the UN Secretary General to abolish the appointment of the ‘expert advisory committee’ panel’ on Sri Lanka, immediately.
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The Abolish the appointment of the ‘expert advisory panel’ on Sri Lanka, immediately petition to Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General,United Nations Organisation,1st Ave & E 44th St, New York was written by Kithsiri Wijebahu and is in the category Politics at GoPetition.