Sarath Jayamanne, President's Counsel and Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption – Sri Lanka, …
May 252018
May 252018
Sri Lanka participated prominently in the High Level debate of the United Nations General Assembly to mark the 15th Anniversary of the United …
May 232018
UNICEF said that 96 per cent of disasters in Sri Lanka are caused by climate, such as flooding, landslides, extreme winds and drought. Sri Lanka was …
May 232018
ECONOMYNET – Sri Lanka has accepted a bid by United Nations agencies, non-profit organanizsations to build 25,000 brick and mortar houses for …
May 192018
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is now vetting a list of 204 military personnel nominated by the Sri Lanka Army for UN peacekeeping …
May 192018
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary?General told reporters that as of the past week, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka was …
Apr 242018
The UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is to visit Sri Lanka to critically assess the country`s action plan, review progress and provide further guidance on how to continue their fight against NCDs. The UN office in …
Apr 212018
The Sri Lanka Government must immediately prioritise the completion of the screening of 49 soldiers deployed to Lebanon in February, a spokesman for United Nations Peacekeeping has told the Inter Press Service (IPS). The UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has also notified Sri …
Apr 132018
“Since 2004, Sri Lanka has been earning a minimum of USD 2.5 million per annum from peacekeeping missions overseas. The troops deployed for such assignments benefit financially and through these undertakings, the country amasses foreign remittances tha…
Apr 132018
Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez presented his Credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva. Welcoming the new Permanent …