UNITED NATIONS, April 30 – The United Nations Security Council is set to meet in a few hours time at the UN basement to discuss the Sri Lankan crisis and is likely to appoint a UN envoy, the Inner City Press news agency said.

A report on the news agency’s website said: “In the run up to the Security Council's third ‘informal interactive dialogue’ on Sri Lanka, slated for 5 p.m. Thursday in the UN basement, sources tell Inner City Press that a move is afoot to try to formally appoint a Special Envoy to Sri Lanka.

"Mexico, which passes the body's Presidency to Russia on Friday, is said to be looking to cap its schizophrenic month atop the Council by finally having an outcome, or output: an envoy.

“Vijay Nambiar's trip on behalf of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is now widely viewed as a failure, even as buying more time for Colombo to continue its assault and siege on the conflict zone. Nambair, according to Ban, won a commitment by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to allow a UN humanitarian assessment team into the No Fire Zone. This commitment, if it was ever sincere, was immediately rescinded. Nambiar, a otherwise affable and approachable UN official, has yet to take a single Press question on what was in fact committed in Colombo.”