Shavendra appointment not by UN chief
(Srilankamirror) - Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva has been appointed to the special UN advisory group on peacekeeping not by secretary general Ban ki Moon, said his spokesman Martin Neserky.
The spokesman was responding to a question raised by a journalist at the UN’s daily media briefing.
Maj. Gen. Silva has been appointed as the representative of Asia-Pacific states, he said.