Probe Sri Lankan war, EU tells UN
(Srilankamirror) - The European Parliament has called on the United Nations to establish an inquiry into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka.
In a motion for a resolution, the European Parliament has called on the EU presidency, among many other issues, to urge the UN to implement the recommendations of the expert panel appointed by the UN secretary general on Sri Lanka.
It comes as US Assistant Secretary of State, Robert Blake, visits Colombo to discuss the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, with Sri Lanka authorities, BBC reports.
A UN panel which gathered evidence into the war accused both sides of war crimes in the final stages of the conflict in 2009.