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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:31 |
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Ambassador H. E. Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Seventeenth Session High Level Committee on South-South Cooperation 23rd May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York Mr. President, I congratulate you, and the other members of the bureau on your election. I would also like to commend the excellent contribution of His Excellency Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative of Kenya, as chair of the High-level Committee for the past two years. I also recognize the valuable work of Mr. Yiping Zhou, Director of the Special Unit for UNDP’s South-South Cooperation. Mr. President, My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the distinguished representative of Algeria on behalf of the G-77 and China. South - South development cooperation has a long history, over five decades, with the active engagement of the emerging Southern developing economies and Southern institutions. Rapidly expanding South-South trade, investment, and cooperation, including regional economic integration and environmental and sustainable development is a reality. To be effective in the long term, greater competitiveness of Southern economies in global production and their increasing role in global investment flows must continue. The private sector of Southern states are beginning to play an active role beyond the traditional inter-state development partnerships. Many non-OECD multilateral development institutions have also become engaged through different channels, such as direct fund transfers and joint partnerships with state and nonstate stakeholders. |
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 09:47 |
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Press Release United Nations Commemorates Vesak at a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall The United Nations commemorated Vesak in accordance with resolution 54/115 on 7th May 2012 at a ceremony held at the General Assembly Hall. This event attracted a large number of Permanent Representatives, Buddhist monks and members of the larger Buddhist community in the Tri-state area. Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations chaired the event and messages from the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly, who were away from New York, were read. The Secretary-General’s statement emphasized the relevance of the message of peace of the Buddha in today’s troubled world. Fifteen Permanent Representatives and Deputy Permanent Representatives including those from India, Pakistan, Laos, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia Republic of Korea, Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines and Nepal and the Apostolic Nuncio addressed the gathering. (Please click here to read the address of Apostolic Nuncio) Dr. Palitha Kohona spoke of the contribution of Buddhism to the underlying philosophy of non-violence and peace in the broader Asian region. The day’s events were concluded with a "Dan Sal" (food festival) hosted by the countries supporting this event. The following day an arms giving ceremony (heel daane) for the Buddhist monks of the Tri-state area was held at the new Sri Lanka chancery. |
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 13:23 |
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Co-Chair, Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations 7 May 2012 Madame Co-Chair Deputy Legal Counsel Excellencies Ladies & Gentlemen I take pleasure in welcoming you this morning to the Opening Session, to the Fifth 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. I would also like to thank the Office of the Secretary-General for the positive attention paid to this important issue and, in particular, acknowledge presence of the Deputy Legal Counsel. I would like to express my appreciation to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for the work done in preparation for this meeting, especially to Mr. Serguei Tarassenko, Director of the Division. Colleagues, we have been at this task for some time now, eight years in fact, and we are meeting again pursuant to the wishes of the General Assembly, but with clearer guidelines. General Assembly Resolution 66/231, Oceans and the Law of the Sea, at para 167 decided, to initiate within the ad-hoc open-ended informal working group, the process provided for in paragraph 1(a) of the recommendations of the Working Group, that the process will address the issues identified in paragraph 1(b) of the recommendations and in the fashion described in that paragraph, and that the process will take place; (i) in the Ad-hoc Open-ended informal working group and, (ii) in the format of intersessional workshops as described in paragraph 1(c) of the recommendations. |
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Friday, 27 April 2012 19:14 |
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Photos of the opening of new chancery building 
 
 Media Release The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations moved to a new location on Second Avenue today. The Permanent Mission was previously located on Third Avenue. The Government has been renting space for the mission for over 57 years. Last year, the Government of Sri Lanka made a decision to purchase premises and the acquisition was facilitated by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The new premises which exceed 10,000 square feet will save the country foreign exchange in excess of LKrs. 30 million annually. |
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