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Sri Lanka keen to promote mutual dialogue with UNESCAP members

Mrs. Samantha K. Jayasuriya presented Credentials to Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, as the new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka. Welcoming the new Permanent Representative, Executive Secretary Alisjahbana, outlined the mandate of the ESCAP and the upcoming regular and main sessions and invited continued active participation of Sri Lanka. Elaborating further on the th

29 Aug, 2019

Lebanon detains Sudanese-Sri Lankan family of seven

Lebanon?s General Security has detained a Sudanese-Sri Lankan family of seven, including four children under age 18, threatening to deport the parents to different countries for lacking residency papers, the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) said today. General Security, the agency responsible for the entry and exit of foreigners, should free the family, pending the resolution of the family?s deportation procee

29 Aug, 2019

Sri Lanka concerned about security situation in Indian Ocean

Sri Lanka is concerned about the security situation in the Indian Ocean Region and Sea Lines of Communication, Defence Secretary, General (Retd) Shantha Kottegoda said today. Kottegoda said this while speaking at the ‘Defence Seminar 2019’ which opened in Colombo today. The Defence Secretary said that the Indian Ocean contains very vital sea routes that connects the East and West, which have become the life line for many nation states not only within the rim of it, but also all those who depen

29 Aug, 2019