The UN has compiled a report on a compilation of alleged war crimes that were committed during the countries civil war. In addition to the concern that the public release of this document might hurt the post-war ethnic reconciliation efforts, Sri Lanka's external affairs minister in of the opinion that the UN went beyond its mandate by compiling the report in the first place. Apparently, in the initial UN mandate, the committee was only meant to be an advisory body to Ban Ki-moon, instead an investigation took place resulting in this now controversial report. Other arguments against the release of this report include the potential creditability damage it may cause to the UN as it did indeed overstep its limits. The Sri Lankan president has gone so far as to ask supporters to protest against the war crimes investigation on May 1st.
megan smith
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