Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha has observed that despite its immediate gloom, the present situation has been an eye opener in many respects that could help correct structural, procedural and human interface incongruities in Sri Lanka’s labour migration. It also...

7 July 2020 Madam President, Sri Lanka welcomes the report presented by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants. The contribution of migrant workers to economic growth and development is increasingly becoming critical not only for their own countries,...

10 July 2020 Mr. President, In an era where humanity is threatened with inter-state conflicts, intra-state frictions, asymmetrical threats posed by non-state actors, natural disasters, health related issues and a variety of other challenges, Sri Lanka appreciates...

12 July 2020 44th Session of the Human Rights CouncilAgenda Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 09 July 2020 Statement by Sri Lanka Mr. Vice President, Sri Lanka thanks Mr. Clément...

2 July 2020 Ambassador Majintha Jayesinghe presented Letters of Credence to His Excellency Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna accrediting as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of...

5 June 2020 It has been the practice of the Buddhist in our country since ancient times to remember, with utmost devotion the arrival of Arahat Mahinda Thero in the Island carrying the message of the Buddha, by observance of religious rituals. Such devoted remembrance...

5 June 2020 Following the revised instructions issued on 4 June 2020 by the Presidential Secretariat on the PCR testing and quarantine procedures for the members of the Diplomatic corps based/attached in Colombo when they enter/re-enter Sri Lanka in order to prevent...

5 June 2020 I am pleased to pen this message of greetings on the occasion of the World Environment Day, marked on June 5 every year, which aims at enhancing the awareness among the people on the importance of protecting the environment and drawing attention of the...