Features
August
Full statement made by Minister Ravi Karunanayake in Parliament – 10.08.2017
The full statement made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake in parliament on 10th August before he resigns from his ministerial portfolio
The mainstream media in the country, websites and other social media made bald headlines about me in the last few days. Certain members of parliament too expressed different views. A no confidence motion against me has also been handed over. Therefore I thought of explaining my position to this respectable house.
June
Minister Mangala Samaraweera responds to MR’s statement on GSP+ concession
Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa and his advisors, instead of working to take our country to the heights that our country could have achieved soon after the conclusion of the conflict in 2009, chose to run our country to the ground. He made our country heavily indebted on the one hand, having borrowed at exorbitantly high, commercial rates; while taking decisions that made Sri Lanka withdraw from the international stage, on the other, thus making our country and our people isolated and shunned by the world. He hides the fact that time after time, major donor countries voted against Sri Lanka at the time, in international financial institutions.
June
Address by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to the UN Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for Sustainable Development, United Nations, New York, 5th June 2017.
May
The Flood situation in Galle District
May
The bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Australia, which have been extremely cordial for the last seven decades, have seen an upswing in recent years. The cooperation was extended to security sector with participation in military, air and especially naval exercises in the Indian and Pacific oceans and the two navies worked in close cooperation in combating human smuggling.
May
Speech by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the 2nd Session of the Leader’s Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum for International Co-operation, 15th May 2017 in Beijing, China
May
KANDY (MAHANUWARA) DECLARATION MADE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 14TH UNITED NATIONS VESAK DAY CELEBRATION AND CONFERENCE HELD IN SRI LANKA FROM 12TH TO 14TH MAY 2017
Whereas United Nations 14th Vesak Day Celebrations and Conference were ceremonially commenced at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) Colombo on 12th May 2017 with the blessings of most Venerable Mahanayaka Theros in Sri Lanka and most Venerable Sangaraja Theros from overseas, members of Maha Sangha and other religious dignitaries from many parts of the world representing 72 countries, and Hon. Narendra Shri Modi, Prime Minister of Republic of India gracing the event as the Chief Guest while His Excellency Maithreepala Sirisena, the President of Sri Lanka and Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka participating the occasion; and
April
Adventure Tourism and Adventure Training is fast becoming a popular industry. The Central Project Management Unit of the Ministry of National Policy and Economic Affairs, in furtherance of their Tourism development initiative and the Policy Development Office of the Prime Minister’s Office, together with the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Board recently convened a meeting of service providers and regulators in the sector. The idea was to promote self-regulation.
April
Appeals and suggestions accepted to grant relief to harassed and oppressed journalists
Given below is the announcement made by the Cabinet Sub Committee on Granting Measures of Relief to Media Persons Who were Subjected to Various Harassments and Oppressions during the period 2005 - 2015
March
Remarks by the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister at the Interactive Dialogue with the UNHR HC in Geneva.
Remarks by Dr. Harsha de Silva, MP, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights 34th Session of the Human Rights Council Geneva, 22 March 2017
Mr. President
High Commissioner
Deputy High Commissioner
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen
I thank the High Commissioner for the presentation of his Report in which many of the achievements made by Sri Lanka during the period concerned have been acknowledged.
