Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa

The statement made by the Hon. Prime Minister at the inauguration of the Galle Dialogue 2015 on Monday 23 November 2015.

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The Government of Sri Lanka proscribed 16 organisations and 424 individuals under Gazette Extraordinary No. 1854/41 on 21 March 2014 using powers under the United Nations Act No. 45 of 1968. The proscription was announced eight days before Western and Southern Provincial Council elections, which were held on 29 March 2014.

Remarks to Media by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs

following talks with H.E. Ambassador Samantha Powers, 

 Permanent Representative of the USA to the United Nations  

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 21^st November 2015

Read more: Remarks to the Media by Foreign Minister following talks with US Permanent Representative to the UN

Message by President 

H.E. Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka has sent a congratulatory message to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of the National League for Democracy on the landslide victory at the recent elections held in Myanmar. 

The text of the message is as follows:- 

Read more: Congratulatory messages to Aung San Suu Kyi

Condolence Message by H.E. the President

H.E. Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka conveyed his condolences in a message to H.E. François Hollande, President of France on the terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris yesterday.

The text of the message is as follows:-

Read more: Condolence Messages on Terrorist Attacks in Paris

Sri Lanka was elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on 11 November 2015 during the 38^th General Conference in Paris. Sri Lanka was one of six countries that qualified to serve on the Executive Board from the Asia and Pacific Group for the period 2015-2019, having received 149 out of 186 votes at the election in which there were eight candidate countries. The countries which were elected to the Executive Board from the Asia and Pacific Group with Sri Lanka are Malaysia, Viet Nam, Republic of Korea, Pakistan, and Iran

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/general-conference-38th/elections/results-executive-board).

Read more: Sri Lanka elected to the UNESCO Executive Board