Charging that human rights are being used as a tool to implement motivated agendas with no understanding or appreciation of the complexity of issues in the countries concerned, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has made an appeal for the de-politicisation of the UN system.
President Rajapaksa made this call when he addressed the 69th United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday 24th September 2014. This is the seventh occasion that the President has addressed the General Assembly.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called on the international community to address the dangers posed by climate change collectively. Addressing over 100 other world leaders on Tuesday, 23rd September 2014, while participating in the United Nations Summit on Climate Change, in New York, the President highlighted that principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities should guide the search for common solutions to issues related to climate change. Sri Lanka ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1993 and acceded to the Kyoto Protocol in 2002.
Friday 26th September 2014 “As Buddha said all human endeavour must be to construct order out of chaos and harmony out of strife” The 69th United Nation General Assembly General debate got underway on Wednesday in New ...
Friday, 26th September 2014 Sri Lanka Convention Bureau together with SriLankan Airlines and the MICE industry attended the CIBTM MICE Trade Fair in Beijing for the second consecutive year and this time to strengt ...
Friday, 26th September 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Ministry of Justice to sign extradition agreements with Sri Lanka, according to a statement published on Russia’s official website of legal ...
Friday, 26th September 2014 Public Administration Minister WDJ Seneviratne has, on behalf of Sri Lanka, proposed a series of measures to counter maritime piracy in the SAARC region. The proposals were made at the sixth ...
Friday, 26th September 2014 The Secretary General of the organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa in New York City yesterday. The meeting took place on the sideli ...
