Text of the Cabinet paper presented by Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe on Sri Lanka’s participation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 18th session from September 12 to 30, 2011 The U ...
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India to assume chair of Indian Ocean panel this week
BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, November 7: India will assume the chairmanship of the 18-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) for the first time in Bengaluru thi ...
LANKA IN KEY ROLE TO ADMIT PALESTINE TO UNESCO
The resolution required the approval by two-thirds of the agency’s General Conference. It was approved by 107 members voting for and 14 against with 52 abstentions TISSA VITHARANA Sri Lanka played a key role to admit Pa ...
SAARC should take on modest projects first: Peiris
R. K. Radhakrishnan The way forward for SAARC will be to prioritise, select a few modest projects capable of being delivered within a reasonable time frame, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris has said. “If that is s ...
Cabinet congratulates President, delegation to UN, UNHRC for improving international relations
Cabinet noted that the Sri Lankan delegation led by Plantation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, has been successful in precluding an attempt by certain Western countries to prejudge the national reconciliation p ...
‘President’s leadership achieves major victory at CHOGM’
Won accolades from many: President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s mature leadership, personality, stature and diplomatic skills enable Sri Lanka to achieve major victories at the recently concluded 22nd CHOGM in Perth , Australia a ...
External Affairs Ministry to be shifted
Cabinet approval has been granted for a Cabinet memorandum presented to the Cabinet by External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris to shift the External Affairs Ministry to Battaramulla and relocate it close to the Parl ...
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