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Solheim at it again, says deputy minister

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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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