Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine of Sri Lanka was an invited panelist at the first workshop for this year by the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM), organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) from 26 – 27 March 2018 at the United Nations in New York.
The Panel titled “SDGs Achievement: National and Regional Perspectives” featuring Sri Lanka, was held on the first day of the two day workshop on 26 March where Sri Lanka’s presentation focused on the important area of migration and health.
Ambassador Sabarullah Khan, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York delivered Minister Senaratne’s remarks on his behalf and participated in the interactive dialogue that followed, as Minister Senaratne had to cancel his travel to New York due to unavoidable circumstances.
In Minister Senaratne’s remarks he said that migration and its contributions, both economic and social, are an integral part of Sri Lanka’s development agenda. The minister had also pointed out the various partnerships, tools and efforts that Sri Lanka had taken to engage relevant stakeholders, stating that “we have realized that we have to work together towards moving mountains, and sustainable development for us is dependent on how other countries perceive this as well. The Global Compact is intended to support this type of commitment that all of us, as member states should be concerned with,” the Minister’s statement said.
Sri Lanka’s delegation to the IDM workshop included Mr. M.I. Ameer, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Employment, Ms. M.A.C.K. Premasiri, Additional General Manager (Corporate Affairs), Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment and Mr. M.R.C.B. Ekanayake, Deputy General Manager (Admin & HR), Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.
27 March 2018
