Daily Archives: December 31, 2014

Austrians join Sri Lankans to remember the 10th Anniversary of the Asian Tsunami

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On 23^rd December 2014, Sri Lankans and Austrians gathered at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vienna to mark the tenth anniversary of the Asian Tsunami that occurred on 26^th December 2004.

H.E. Mrs. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Ambassador and Director General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Mr. Omar Al-Rawi, Member of the City Council of Vienna and Mr. ALA Azeez, Ambassador of Sri Lanka, led the commemoration. The event commenced with the lighting of a lamp and observance of two minutes silence in memory of those who lost their lives in this tragedy.

UN to avoid holding meetings on the Day of Vesak

On the instructions of His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York successfully negotiated a Resolution which was adopted by consensus on 29^thDecember 2014, whereby the United Nations General Assembly acknowledged the significance of the Day of Vesak observed in many member countries. It invited the United Nations bodies at Headquarters and other duty stations where observed, to avoid holding meetings on that Day. To this end, the Resolution also encourages this arrangement to be taken into account when formulating future calendars of conferences and meetings.

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