Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe addresses the World Climate Conference in Geneva
The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Thursday, 03 September, 2009
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Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe addresses the World Climate Conference in Geneva
Today, Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, M.P., Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights addressed the High Level Segment of the World Climate Conference-3 which is being held in Geneva, delivering a policy statement on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka. The week-long
Statement by Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe MP Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights of the Government of Sri Lanka at the High Level Segment of the World Climate Conference – 3 (WCC-3) Geneva, Switzerland Thursday, 03 September 2009
Distinguished Co-Chairs, Hon. Ministers, High Level Dignitaries, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
At the outset, on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka, let me welcome the adoption of the High Level Declaration by consensus today.
Also, permit me to express my appreciation to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the other partners for organizing this important conference which is being conducted at a very critical juncture. We welcome the main objective of this conference which is to bring together science-based information on climate change to guide policy-making, planning and practice across the planet. Speaking as I do from an Asian
An extrajudicial, summary and arbitary execution by Prof Philip Alston
The Sri Lankan Government is saddened by a contumacious press release issued late in the afternoon of Friday August 28th by Prof Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
Though Prof Alston had seemed an honourable man, he has recently fallen prey to the unfortunate practice of launching missiles at the Sri Lankan government without giving it a chance to respond. When he was upbraided about this before, he asserted that he did give time for such responses, and had indeed once altered a press release on the strength of a response he had received.
Sri Lanka does not benefit from such generosity. Prof Alston sent at 14.45 on that
The moral degradation of the Royal Norwegian Facilitator
The Government of Sri Lanka is deeply concerned about an article posted on Groundviews that purports to be a translation, ‘using Google Translation tool', of a ‘news report appearing in Aftenposten.no on Aug 27th'.
The article claims that Norwegian International Development Minister Erik Solheim ‘requires that the UN investigating charges of war crimes in Sri Lanka'. What seems to have excited the normally urbane Mr Solheim is a video, shown on the British Channel 4, that ‘allegedly shows how government troops execute ten backbundne (whatever that might mean) and naked prisoners. Mr Solheim seems to think the footage is genuine, and gives as his reason for
The Disaster Management Plan for the Annual Esala Festival of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya -2009
The Monaragala District Unit of the Disaster Management Center prepared a plan for the annual Esala Festival of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya. A Disaster Management Unit Office has been set up jointly by the District Secretariat, Monaragala and the Divisional Secretariat, Kataragama under the guidance of the respective District and Divisional Secretaries.
The Disaster Management Committee of the Kataragama Divisional Secretariat was actively operating in the Esala festival site. In addition an amalgamated disaster management plan was set up jointly by the Sri Lanka Red Cross and St. John First Aid Unit. The security plans were prepared in coordination with the Kataragama Pol
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