Monday, 17th November 2014 By Chamikara Weerasinghe Disregarding the high standards and ethics that are expected to be followed by a peace facilitator, the former peace facilitator during the war between the Sri Lan ...
Daily Archives: November 17, 2014
ERIK ENRICHED TIGERS
Monday, 17th November 2014 By Dharmasiri Abeyratne and Dhanushka Godakumbura Erik Solheim, the Norwegian Minister and former chief negotiator between the then government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE, who advised the Sri L ...
Minister Peiris voices concerns of GOSL over OHCHR Investigation
The Minister of External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris met the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations, Mr. Subinay Nandy today and conveyed to him, the Government’s extreme discontent regarding the unprofessional manner in which the investigation on Sri Lanka is being conducted by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
The Minister’s protest to the UN Resident Coordinator focused on the unacceptable way in which the deadline for submission of evidence to the investigation, 30 October, that had been originally set by the OHCHR had been changed unofficially and re-set once again.
SriLankan Airlines Upgrades Aircraft Fleet
By Tom Allett SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier for Sri Lanka, has announced there will be an investment of US$500m in a modernisation of the airline through a fleet renewal programme. The renewal proj ...
Holy Mass in Bethlehem to bless President Mahinda Rajapaksa
A Holy Mass to bless President Mahinda Rajapaksa and to mark his 69th birthday will be held at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem on Saturday, 22nd November 2014 at 3.00pm. This event is organized by a Palestinian group ...
Sri Lanka designated to Chair 2015 Meeting on the CCW
Sri Lanka has been designated by acclamation to Chair the 2015 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Permanent Representative of ...
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