JUSTICE DONE
Commonwealth values require support for a country :
It is a matter of satisfaction for Sri Lanka that justice has been done, despite well-planned and persistent attempts in some quarters to re-canvass the decision to hold the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka in November this year and the government has been able to defeat these efforts, External Affairs Minister Professor G L Peiris said.
Human Development Report 2013 launched: GDP growth needs to be accompanied by social equity; i.e. the tangible improvement of lives of people. Development cannot be an abstraction of figures for most of society, External ...
Briefing by External Affairs Minister Prof G.L. Peiris for Members of the Diplomatic Community at the Ministry of External Affairs on April 2.
Minister Peiris noted that the purpose of the briefing was to share some thoughts with the diplomatic corps on current issues, attitudes to these issues and the perspective of the Government of Sri Lanka on the way forward with regard to each of these matters.
11 March 2013
From 15 to 17 November this year, Sri Lanka will host the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The choice of each CHOGM venue is a collective decision taken by Commonwealth leaders.
At the 2007 CHOGM in Kampala, Uganda, Heads took note of the offer from the President of Sri Lanka for his country to host CHOGM.
* Hypocritical and smacking of double standards
* Today it is Sri Lanka, tomorrow it could be another country
* Pakistan says Sri Lanka needs to be helped, not chastised
Rasika Somarathna
In a strongly worded rejection of the resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council, President’s Special Envoy on Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said that the resolution was clearly unacceptable due to its inherent flaws.
By: Gagani Weerakoon
The government yesterday said the US- sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC sessions in Geneva could not achieve anything positive except to spread hatred, distrust and violence among South Asian nations.
March 19, 2013, 9:13 pm Final draft of the US Resolution In spite of the US watering down its second resolution targeting Sri Lanka in a bid to reach an agreement on the proposal, the government yesterday reiterated ...
