The Union Ministry of External Affairs has conceded that the Centre has been imparting long-term and short-term training in technical and non-technical streams for Sri Lankan Navy personnel in order to enhance maritime security in the region.
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha responding to the High Commissioner’s Report on Sri Lanka, informed the UN Human Rights Council on 26th March 2014 that rather than encourage and support the ongoing reconciliation process in Sri Lanka, as well as the constructive engagement Sri Lanka continues to Read More
Hundreds of expatriate Sri Lankans in Canada held a large protest Monday (March 24) to show solidarity against the United States sponsored anti-Sri Lankan resolution at the 25th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
B. Kolappan, “It is not an Amma election or Ayya election. There is a wave in favour of Mr. Modi in Tamil Nadu and we will get a maximum number of seats in the State”, the BJP leader said Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu expressed optimism on Sunday that there would be no Read More
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations office in Geneva Ambassador Ravinath Aryasinha, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Monitoring MP for External Affairs Ministry Sajin Vaas Gunawardena are expected to participate in today’s United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva.
The time period of the Presidential Commission to inquire into cases of alleged disappearances of persons in the Northern and Eastern Provinces has been amended to cover the period from 1983 to 2009. Previously, the time period consisted of the years from 1990 to 2009.