Sri
Lankan Alleged
War Criminal
Silva
"Selected" as
Ban
Adviser on
Peacekeeping?
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
January 27 --
In an example
of UN
"bluewashing"
of an alleged
war criminal,
Sri Lanka is
bragging that
its Major
General Shavendra
Silva has
been selected
for the "UN
Secretary
General's
special
Advisory group
on Peace
Keeping
Operations,"
along with
former Deputy
Secretary
General Louise
Frechette and
former head of
UN
Peacekeeping
Jean Marie
Guehenno.
Acts
of Shavendra
Silva's
battalion in
2009 are
described in
the UN's own
Panel of
Experts report
on Sri Lanka,
and lawsuits
have been
filed against
Silva for war
crimes.
So
how can he be
put on a UN
"special
advisory group
on
Peacekeeping
Operations"?
Ban's
Under
Secretary
General for
Field Support
Susana
Malcorra, who
Inner City
Press has
reported
stands to
replace
Asha-Rose
Migiro as
Ban's Deputy
Secretary
General, on
October 24
told the UN
General
Assembly's
committee
covering
peacekeeping
that Ban would
"create
a
Senior
Advisory Group
comprising
five eminent
persons of
relevant
experience;
five
representatives
from major
troop
countries;
five
representatives
from major
financial
contributors;
and one member
from each
regional
group."
It
appears that
that Sri
Lanka, in
order to
bluewash
Silva, slipped
him in as
representative
of the Asia
Pacific group.
In
other
circumstances,
such as
Syria's bid to
be its
regional
group's
representative
on the UN
Human Rights
Council,
efforts have
been made
at the UN
including by
the
Secretariat to
avoid or
reverse
nominations
like this one
which would be
an
embarrassment
and make a
mockery of the
UN's stated
principles.
Ban
shakes with
Silva as
Kohona looks
on, Feb
23 2011 (c)
MRLee
But
will Ban do
that here, or
put an alleged
war criminal
on his Senior
Advisory
Group on
Peacekeeping
Operations?
Watch this
site.
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