In Sri Lanka, the visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake today called for a ‘full, credible and independent accounting of and accountability for those who violated international humanitarian law’ and also called for the ‘deployment of Tamil police in the war ravaged North’ for the confidence building measure, instead of the Sri Lanka Army.Speaking to the media today at the end of his three day visit to Sri Lanka, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake voiced his concern about ‘human rights’ and ‘attack on journalists’ in the country .He stressed that ‘a very important part of reconciliation and returning people's lives to normal in the North is an improvement in human rights’. He also underlined the ‘importance of disarming paramilitary groups’, on which he said ‘progress is being made’.Blake also said that he was ‘pleased to hear from both the government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) that they will resume their important dialogue on devolution and other matters.US Assistant secretary of State hoped that the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report, which is expected in November, would address the allegations of human rights abuses during the end stages of the Eelam War IV. The abuses were outlined by the United Nations Secretary General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka.