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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the UN had failed in Sri Lanka during the final stages of the war.
He said this in a speech at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly’s 68th session where President Mahinda Rajapaksa was also present.
The UN Chief said that an internal review of UN action in Sri Lanka identified “systemic failure” and that member States did not provide the Organization with support to meet the tasks they themselves had set, and the UN system did not adapt properly or deliver fully.
Recalling that 2013 is the twentieth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration on human rights, the Secretary-General pledged to do more to help Member States reach early consensus to prevent large-scale rights violations. He added that he was implementing recommendations to ensure that the UN system upholds its responsibilities under the Charter.
The Secretary-General established an Internal Review Panel on UN actions in Sri Lanka tasked with providing an overview and assessment of UN actions during the final stages of the war in Sri Lanka and its aftermath, particularly regarding the implementation of its humanitarian and protection mandates, assessing the contribution and effectiveness of the UN system in responding to the escalating fighting and in supporting the Secretary-General’s political engagement, identifying institutional and structural strengths and weaknesses, and providing recommendations for the UN and its Member States in dealing with similar situations and making recommendations on UN policies or guidelines pertaining to protection and humanitarian responsibilities, and on strengthening the system of UN Country Teams (UNCTs) and the capacity of the UN as a whole to respond effectively to similar situations of escalated conflict. The Panel began work in late April 2012 and submitted the present report to the Secretary-General in early November 2012.
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