Sri Lanka Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Sri Lanka has provided valuable case studies of successes and challenges in operationalization of IHL and Humanitarian Diplomacy – Foreign Secretary Aryasinha

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has said, over the past four decades Sri Lanka has provided valuable case studies to the world in the successes in the operationalization of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and humanitarian diplomacy, as well as the challenges entailed in doing so, many in which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been a valued partner.

Foreign Secretary Aryasinha calls for Indian Ocean security architecture that gives priority to the littoral states and sensitive to the interests of all maritime users

Monday, 11 November 2019

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has called for an overarching security architecture tasked to mitigate regional security challenges in the Indian Ocean Region, giving priority to the littoral states and sensitive to the interests of all maritime users of the Indian Ocean.

Mission of Sri Lanka hosts annual Free Flu Shot for Diplomatic Missions in collaboration with Walgreens Duane Reade Pharmacy

Monday, 04 November 2019

The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in New York, in collaboration with Walgreens Duane Reade Pharmacy held its Annual Flu Shot Clinic for Diplomats of the Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York and their families at its premises on Tuesday, 29^th October 2019. This is the 4^th consecutive year that the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka has organized this service for the Diplomatic Community in New York.

The second coming of a paradise island: How Sri Lanka bounced back from crisis

Saturday, 02 November 2019

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN • Updated 31st October 2019

(CNN) — It has mile after mile of powder sand beaches lapped by clear, warm surf. It has beautiful unspoiled jungles.

Sri Lanka calls for collective action to address contemporary global challenges

Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Addressing the 18^th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 October 2019, Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana reaffirmed Sri Lanka's commitment to the founding principles of the Non-Aligned Movement and called for the group's collective attention to the need to address contemporary global challenges, highlighting in particular, poverty and terrorism.