Minister of External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris stated that all politically motivated campaigns against Sri Lanka would fail as they were based on wrong information and not on objective assessments. Addressing the m ...
Daily Archives: July 11, 2011
Statement by the Ministry of External Affairs
The Government of Sri Lanka has noted the statement by the British Foreign Office Minister for South Asia, Alistair Burt on the Channel 4 documentary telecast on 14th June 2011. This documentary, like the Darusman ...
Government’s response to Channel 4 Film – “ Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields”
The Ministry of External Affairs directed its High Commission in London to issue a statement on this matter. The Ministry’s statement was issued in London on Wednesday, 15th June, 2011. Appended below is the s ...
Heads of Missions appointed to Sri Lanka Missions abroad
President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently appointed several Heads of Missions who are due to take up their overseas assignments shortly. Among them are senior Foreign Service Officers and other distinguished personalities ...
Statement by Attorney-General of Sri Lanka, Mohan Pieris, during the Interactive Dialogue on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns 17th Session of the Human Rights Council, 31 May 2011
Mr. President, Sri Lanka welcomes the Special Rapporteur’s efforts to provide the government an opportunity to respond to his technical note, we would however like to observe that the whole exercise did not ac ...
Statement made by Minister of Plantation Industries, Mahinda Samarasinghe at the 17th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on 30th May 2011
Mr President Excellencies Madam High Commissioner Distinguished delegates I wish to commend the constructive manner in which you, Mr President, have been conducting the work of the Human Rights Council. Our del ...
Statement by H.E. Kshenuka Senewiratne, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN, Geneva on the Statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay on 30 May 2011
Mr. President, My delegation is perplexed to note the High Commissioner’s reference as stated, to the report of the Secretary General’s Panel of Experts on accountability in Sri Lanka. It is widely known that the sai ...
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