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His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Party (SLPP) elected as the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka

Monday, 18 November 2019

His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Party (SLPP) was elected as the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka, receiving 52.25% of the votes, amounting to 6,924,255 of the total valid votes of 13,252,499 and was officially sworn in as President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on 18th November 2019.

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, 29th October 2019. This is the 4th consecutive year that the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka has organized this service for the Diplomatic Community in New York.

Sri Lanka calls for collective action to address contemporary global challenges

Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Addressing the 18th 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.

Sri Lanka having paid its dues, calls on the UN to utilize resources in an effective, impartial and transparent manner

Friday, 18 October 2019

Asserting that despite many domestic priorities Sri Lanka has discharged its obligations in paying its assessments to date, the Sri Lanka delegation to the UNGA this week called on the United Nations Secretariat to utilize the available resources received from the Member States in a more effective, impartial and transparent manner, at a time when the Organization is battling its worst financial crisis leading to the implantation of austerity measures and limited operations.