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Sri Lanka Tourism promotion campaign successfully held in Kharkov, the second largest City of the Ukraine and Donetsk

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The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion campaign “Mega Tourism Caravan” was successfully held in Ukraine from 2-3 October in the second largest city of the Ukraine, Kharkov. The major events in the campaign in Kharkov included two workshops conducted at “Kharkiv Palace Hotel”. The two workshops were conducted in collaboration with reputed tour operators”Join Up” and “News Travels”. Approximately 125 and more than 100 representatives of the tourism industry in Ukraine attended, respectively, in these events.

Mega Tourism Caravan “Days of Sri Lanka in Ukraine”, 1 – 14 October 2013

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In continuation of the “Mega Tourism Caravan ” held in August 2013 in the Republic of Belarus, as part of the ‘Tourism Promotional Campaign’ in CIS countries, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation with the collaboration of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau will launch the fourth phase of the promotion campaign in the Ukraine from 1 to 14 October 2013.

Sri Lanka receives broad cross-regional support in the HRC on substantive progress in the reconciliation process

Sri Lanka received strong cross-regional support in the Human Rights Council from countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America on Thursday ( 26 September 2013) which uniformly welcomed and commended the country’s significant progress achieved in the reconciliation process.

Sri Lanka’s New Honorary Consuls in Turkey

Mrs. Bharathi Wijeratne, Sri Lanka Ambassador in Ankara, Turkey concurrently accredited to Georgia presented Letters of Commission to the newly appointed Hony. Consuls for Sri Lanka in Turkey. 1. Mr. Adnan Polat - Hon ...

Diplomatic Briefing by the Sri Lanka Embassy in Brazil

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The Sri Lanka Embassy in Brazil conducted a diplomatic briefing in the Embassy premises on 12^th September 2013 to speak about the important developments that is being taking place in Sri Lanka after the dawn of peace. The briefing was attended by over 150 guests from the diplomatic and business communities as well as officers of the Foreign Service of Brazil. After welcoming the invitees a short video about Sri Lanka was screened.

Sri Lanka Room at WHO Regional Office in New Delhi

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The refurbished Sri Lanka Room at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office in New Delhi was unveiled by the High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam, this month, in the presence of the WHO Regional Director Dr. Samlee Plianbangchang and Dr. Athula Kahandaliyange, Director General, Drug Technical Advisory Committee at the Regional Office and other distinguished guests. At the ceremony held for this purpose, High Commissioner Kariyawasam stated that the Sri Lanka Room is a symbol of cooperation and friendship between the WHO and Sri Lanka and its renovation is a token of appreciation of the assistance rendered by WHO for the development of Sri Lanka’s Health sector, including for promotion of Indigenous medicine.

Ambassador Aryasinha says High Commissioner Pillay has no mandate to set deadlines on Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday (25 September 2013) "Sri Lanka strongly repudiates the High Commissioner’s assertion that if certain concerns are not comprehensively addressed before March 2014, she believes the international community will have a duty to establish its own inquiry mechanisms". The Ambassador said High Commissioner Navanethem Pillay had "no mandate to make such a claim". He said having accomplished the task of bringing normalcy to the lives of the civilian population, GOSL has put in place "multiple mechanisms" to address concerns relating to accountability.