UNITED NATIONS, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The UN Advisory Panel of Experts is not required to visit Sri Lanka and the panel "is not a fact-finding or investigative body mbt schuhe test," a UN spokesman said here Thursday. Martin Nesirky, the spokesman for the secretary-general, made the statement in response to a question at a daily news briefing here. Asked how the Advisory Panel of Experts dealing with Sri Lanka would be affected by a denial of visas to enter the island country, the spokesman said that it would be up to the panel to determine how they intend to go about their work. "They will decide whether they need to visit Sri Lanka or not ugg boots store," Nesirky said. "It is not required to make visits to Sri Lanka that would require the consent of the government," Nesirky said moncler jackets on sale, adding that "the Panel is not a fact-finding or investigative body." Earlier this week true religion store, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed the panel of experts to advise him on accountability issues relating to alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka that ended last year. The three-member panel will advise Ban on implementing the commitment on human rights accountability made in the Joint Statement issued by the secretary-general and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa after the UN chief visited the island country in May 2009. Indonesia's Marzuki Darusman will serve as the chair of the expert panel Moncler butikk, and the other two members are Yasmin Sooka of South Africa and Steven Ratner of the United States. The panel is expected to wrap up its responsibilities within four months of starting work. The UN reported more than 7,000 civilians died in the last five months of the conflict between the Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. The UN-appointed panel was rejected by the Sri Lanka, whose foreign minister, GL Peiris timberland sale uk, has said that a UN panel on human rights will not be allowed into the country. "The position of the Sri Lanka government is abundantly clear - we will not have them in this country," the foreign minister was quoted as saying, adding that there was "no need" for the panel to come to the country and they would not be allowed in.about：

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