Yoshitha Rajapaksa remanded further in money laundering case

Don?t use R2P as a political weapon

Sri Lanka says the ?The Responsibility to Protect? system, or R2P, should not become a political weapon, or applied selectively to fulfill geo strategic interests. Sri Lanka?s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Palitha Kohona, in a statement at the UN, said that the R2P concept has raised considerable sensitivities because the circumstances when it could be employed are still to be determined to the satisfaction of most of the international community. Dr. Kohona said that the a

13 Sep, 2012

Sharma says CHOGM in Lanka as scheduled

The Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will take place in Sri Lanka next year as scheduled, Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma told reporters this evening. He said that during his just concluded visit to Sri Lanka he had visited most of the venues to be used for the event next year and was largely satisfied. Sharma was briefed by External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris regarding the preparations for the conference next year as well as the proposed theme. Asked about con

12 Sep, 2012

Lanka makes geographic data available to the UN

Sri Lanka has made its geographic data available to the?United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) through which it will be available for humanitarian agencies for?disaster management purposes. In an effort to mitigate the effects of disasters, the Survey Department of Sri Lanka and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) today signed a historic agreement for Digital Data Dissemination. The agreement, the first of its kin

13 Sep, 2012