The three-member team will be headed by Mohamed Bedjaoui, an Algerian diplomat and jurist.
A statement made available to PANA said that Bedjaoui was a former foreign minister and also served as a judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
He was also one-time president of Algeria's highest judicial authority, the Constitutional Council.
The two other members were Francoise Ngendahyo Kayiramirwa, a former Burundi government minister, and Pramila Patten, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
The statement said the team would investigate the 'facts and circumstances of the events of 28 September, 2009 and related events in their immediate aftermath in Conakry'.
The Commission of Inquiry members are expected to travel shortly to New York to meet with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
'They will also travel to Geneva and Guinea to carry out their work.'
The UN disclosed that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will provide support to the commission.
More than 150 protesters were killed on 28 September by Guinean security forces who opened fire during a rally against plans by the leader of the military junta, Captain Moussa Camara to run in presidential elections in January.
The ECOWAS has banned the Guinean military leader from contesting elections in the country.
Also, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council on Thursday in Abuja imposed travel restrictions on the Guinean Government top officials.
New York - 30/10/2009
Pana
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