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Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:38 |
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The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva 10 February 2010 MEDIA RELEASE Minister Samarasinghe Briefs High Commissioner for Human Rights, Country Missions to the UN in Geneva |
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 11:07 |
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Ban Ki-Moon congratulates President on victory
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon congratulated President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his outstanding victory in being elected for a second term in the recently concluded Presidential Election. |
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 11:44 |
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SRI LANKAN ARTISTES HONOURED AT GALA CONCERT
HOSTED BY THE SRI LANKA MISSION in NY TO MARK NATIONAL DAY |
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Friday, 29 January 2010 20:25 |
Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election 2010
The Presidential Election was successfully concluded in Sri Lanka on 26th January 2010 and incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) was re-elected for a second term securing 57.88% of the total votes cast. His closest rival at the elections, Mr. Sarath Fonseka, representing a coalition of opposition parties, including the main opposition UNP, secured 40.15% of the total votes cast.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 10:22 |
Statement by
Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka
at the Security Council Open Debate
On ‘the Situation in the Middle East including
the Palestine Question” – 27th January, 2010
Mr. President,
Permit me at the outset to congratulate you on your assumption of the Presidency of the Security Council and also extend our felicitations to Brazil, Lebanon, Gabon, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Nigeria on their election to this Council. We also wish to thank the Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs for his briefing. My delegation appreciates the opportunity given to us to once again to focus on the situation in the Middle East, particularly, the Palestinian question.
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Monday, 28 December 2009 13:43 |
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Ambassador Dr Palitha Kohona appointed
Co Chair of UN Working Group Ambassador Dr Palitha Kohona, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York has been appointed Co Chairperson of the UN Working Group to study issues relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Marine Biological Diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction by the President of the UN General Assembly. The other Co Chair is Dr. Liesdeth Lijnzaad, Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 15:45 |
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Dr Palitha Kohona,Permanent Representative welcome the guests Please see the photos of the concert More Photos of the Sri Lanka Day Concert SRI LANKAN ARTISTES HONOURED AT GALA CONCERT
HOSTED BY THE SRI LANKA MISSION in NY TO MARK NATIONAL DAY The Permanent Representative Dr Palitha Kohona and the Sri Lanka Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York hosted a gala concert for 350 guests at the prestigious Asia Society on Park Avenue to mark the National Day featuring some of Sri Lanka's best talent in America. The concert featured Rohan De Silva, Pianist and Maestro of Chamber Music who has played at the White House and at Carnegie Hall, young Soprano Ms Tharanga Goonetillake who is a gem in the New York’s Opera Circuit, Veteran Jazz Vocalist Yolande Bawan dubbed as the new Ella Fitzgerald, Pradeep Ratnayake, Sri Lanka’s outstanding Sitarist, Jazz Pianist Prodigy Dinuk Wijeratne. The Channa Upuli Dance Troupe added luster to the event with its splendid dance display. "Dr Kohona, in his welcoming address said "It is doubly a joy to host this event as we as a nation emerge from our long nightmare of internal conflict and as we congratulate President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his emphatic victory at last week's Presidential elections. Against the backdrop of a long awaited peace, the nation's pent up dreams and aspirations of a better future for all its citizens are reflected in the music of the artistes performing today." |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:59 |
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Statement by Delegation of Sri Lanka,
at the 2010 Session of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal
Working Group to Study Issues Relating to the Conservation
and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond
Areas of National Jurisdiction
United Nations, New York. 1 February 2010 Co Chairs,
Distinguished Delegates, My Delegation wishes to congratulate the Co Chairs of the Working Group, Ms. Lispeth Lijhnstead (Netherlands) and Ambassador Palitha Kohona, (Sri Lanka) on their appointment and to extend our appreciation to them for undertaking to guide our deliberations in formulating viable and generally acceptable recommendations to be provided to the General Assembly at its 65th Session. We would also express appreciation to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the OLA for the report of the SG in document A/64/66/Add 2 and for its support in preparing for and servicing this meeting. |
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Friday, 29 January 2010 10:05 |
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Statement following the election of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a second term President Mahinda Rajapaksa won a historic and resounding victory in the Presidential Election held yesterday (26), the first free and fair election in which the entire country could participate in nearly three decades, and also the first such election since the defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka in May last year. |
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Friday, 22 January 2010 15:27 |
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Statement by Mr. Maxwell Keegel, Acting Permanent
Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations
at the Special Session of the UN General Assembly
on the situation in Haiti – 22.1.2010
Madam President
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Distinguished delegates
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to Brazil for initiating this Resolution on “Humanitarian Assistance for Haiti” which we have unanimously adopted today and we are pleased to have joined the list of co sponsors. We also thank the Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Haiti for updating us today on the relief efforts.
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Friday, 04 December 2009 18:51 |
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Statement by Ambassador Palitha Kohona
Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka in the General Assembly
Agenda Item 76: Oceans and the Law of the Sea
4th December, 2009
Mr. President,
We take this opportunity to thank the two coordinators who guided us in the drafting of the Resolutions and DOALOS for the support that it extended in this task.
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