Our correspondent said the meeting was taking place as developments, including Israeli air strikes on targets in Syria and concerns about the possible use of chemical weapons, risk bringing the conflict into an even more dangerous phase.
On Tuesday the UN secretary general dismissed allegations that the UN covered up a high civilian death toll during the last phase of the Sri Lanka conflict.
During my recent visit, I discussed the war with several dozen American and British generals, colonels, and majors, and many of them described the conflict as having recently entered a new phase.