The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, in a recorded video message to the High-Level Segment of the 115th Session of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Council on ...
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Statement delivered by Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations at the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva 9th October 2024
Mr. President, As the country concerned in respect of draft resolution 57/ L.1, as authorized by the newly elected Government in Sri Lanka, let me brief the Council on the latest developments in the country. Following ...
55th Session of the Human Rights Council: Statement by PR/Geneva
(as the country concerned following the Oral Update on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights) 01 March 2024 Mr. President, The Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, in his address to this Counc ...
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry addresses the High-level Segment of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry urged the members of the UN Human Rights Council not to allow short-term political gains or “domestic vote bank politics” to overtake the work of the Council, when addressing the ...
54th Session of the Human Rights Council Agenda Item 2 – General Debate
Statement by Her Excellency Himalee Arunatilaka, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva 13th September 2023 Mr. President, Resolutions 60/251 and 48/141 require that the ...
Sri Lanka rejects High Commissioner’s Written Update and reaffirms commitment to pursuing human rights through domestic institutions
The written update on Sri Lanka was presented at the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council that commenced on 11 September 2023 in Geneva by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif. Delivering ...
GoSL Statement made by H.E. Himalee Arunatilaka, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva
54th Session of the Human Rights Council: Report on Sri Lanka by the High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to HRC Resolution 51/1 11 September 2023 Mr. President, At the outset, let me reiterate that the ...