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DATE: 03 January 2008
Govt. to withdraw from CFA |
The Cabinet yesterday (January 02) unanimously decided to withdraw from the Norwegian arranged Ceasefire Agreement entered with the LTTE in 2002.....................read more |
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DATE: 14 May 2007
Inauguration of Sessions of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry |
Address of Hon. Justice Nissanka Udalagama, Chairman, Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate and inquire into serious violations of Human Rights....................read more |
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DATE: 26 March 2007
UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka Condemn the Aerial Bomb Attack |
The members of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka unequivocally condemn the offensive aerial bomb attack carried out by the LTTE on the Sri Lanka Air Force base in Katunayake on 26 March 2007 killing and injuring Air Force personnel and causing damage to military infrastructure. This provocative action really undermines the peace process.....................read more |
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DATE: 22 March 2007
Moving Sri Lanka's Peace Process Forward; Sri Lanka Government Policy and the role of the International Community
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I consider it particularly fitting that today we are engaging in this dialogue as to how Sri Lanka's peace process could be moved forward and how the international community could help to achieve that objective.....................read more |
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DATE: 27 February 2007
UN Secretary General Condemns LTTE Attack in Sri Lanka
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned an attack by separatist rebels in Sri Lanka which injured senior aid officials, including one from the United Nations, and urged both sides in the conflict to halt the bloodshed and resume talks.....................read more |
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DATE: 25 January 2007
Human Rights Watch Report on Sri Lanka Government complicity in
Child Abductions: unfounded and baseless |
| Govt. has consistently opposed conscription of children |
There is neither complicity nor willful blindness on the part of the Sri Lankan Government towards the alleged forcible recruitment of children by the Karuna group which is a breakaway group of the LTTE. The Government of Sri Lanka........................read more |
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DATE: 22 January 2007
Sri Lanka’s on Going Efforts to Develop Conflict Affected Regions Through Public and Private Sector Participation
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Note: This paper was used as speaking material when the Honourable
Rohitha Bogollagama addressed an International Conference focused on the theme ‘Investing in Peace: Spurring Private Involvement in Post Conflict Peace building’ and held at the Wilton Park Conference Hall, Sussex, UK between 11 January - 13 January, 2007.....................read more |
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DATE: 17 January 2007
Dr. Palitha Kohona, New Secretary of the Foreign Ministry
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Dr. Palitha Kohona, Secretary General of SCOPP assumed duties today as Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While addressing the gathering he said “achieving a negotiated and sustainable peace in the country will feature prominently in the work of the ministry. Sri Lanka’s opposition to terrorism in all its forms will continue”....................read more |
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DATE: 13 January 2007
Scotland Yard Completes Visit to Sri Lanka
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A team from Scotland Yard leaves Sri Lanka after ten days during which they provided advice to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Sri Lankan Police,....................read more |
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DATE: 08 January 2007
The United Nations Condemns the Deliberate Targeting of Civilians
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The United Nations condemns the deliberate targeting of civilians and deplores the latest incidents involving two civilian buses which resulted in the deaths of over 20 innocent civilians with dozens maimed and injured.....................read more |
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