International Affairs

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ මෙවර සැසිවාරයට ඉදිරිපත්ව ඇති මානව හිමිකම් හා වගවීම් පිළිබඳ විමර්ශන හා වාර්තාවලදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට සහාය ලබාදෙන ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉන්දියාවෙන් ලිඛිතව ඉල්ලීමක් කර ඇතැයි ඉන්දියාවේ එන්ඩීටීවී, ටයිම්ස් ඔෆ් ඉන්ඩියා (Times of India) ඇතුළු පුවත් සේවා රැසක් වාර්තා කරයි.

At a dog training center in Myakka City, Florida, Heather Junqueira, founder of BioScent, brings a four-year-old beagle, Noel, into a room with stainless-steel canisters, several containing samples of COVID-19.

The European Union and the World Health Organization teamed with the international advocacy organization Global Citizen on Tuesday to host a virtual panel discussion on global recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Secretary of State Blinken says resolution will address “lack of accountability for past atrocities”

දෙදින නිල සංචාරයක් සදහා මෙරටට පැමිණි පාකිස්ථාන අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ඉම්රාන් ඛාන් මහතා මීට ටික වේලාවකට පෙර පාකිස්ථානය බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් තිබේ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලය අද අමතනවා. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නියෝජිතයා ලෙස සමුළුව ඇමතීම සිදු කරන්නේ විදේශ අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධනයි. ඔහු අන්තර්ජාලය ඔස්සේ මෙවර මානව හිමිකම් සමුළුව ඇමතීම ද විශේෂත්වයක්. රජය විසින් අමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධනගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් යුතුව නම් කරන ලද කමිටුව ද අන්තර්ජාලය ඔස්සේ සමුළුවට සහභාගිවීමට නියමිතයි.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday highlighted dialogue, technology and trade as the top three ways for South Asia to tap its full potential, inviting Sri Lankan businesses to invest in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and insisting that wealth creation was the best way to lift millions, in both countries, out of poverty.

Bilateral discussions between visiting Pakistan Prime Minister - Imran Khan and Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa commenced a short while ago.

The UN’s Chief Human Rights Envoy Michelle Bachelet called on states to rebuild better after the coronavirus pandemic ravaged through the world, by applying human rights principles and building public trust through effective democratic institutions, a free press and participatory governance.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has vowed to support judicial proceedings in other countries against perpetrators of grave human rights violations in Sri Lanka, after the Government had effectively closed the door to achieving justice locally for alleged war time abuses.

Eighteen countries have pledged to speak on behalf of Sri Lanka during the ongoing session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a top source said.

Chinese company Sinosoar-Etechwin Joint Venture, which won the project to build power projects in three northern islands, yesterday rejected allegations its involvement could create security concerns, insisting that the award was given after due process and the entire undertaking was with the supervision of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday urged swift action from the Government to guarantee and respect the right of burial for Muslims in the country dying of the coronavirus.

Addressing the High-Level Segment of the 46th Session of the UNHRC virtually yesterday (23), Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunewardena said the Government of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had co-sponsored resolution 30/1 which was “against” Sri Lanka and made commitments that were undeliverable and not in conformity with the Constitution of Sri Lanka.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will arrive today (23) on a two-day State visit, the first by a world leader after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed office last year. Premier Khan, in his maiden official visit this year outside the country, will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Sohail Mehmood, senior officials of the Pakistan Government, as well as a high-powered business and investment delegation.

The U.S. government has determined that a one-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson is safe and offers partial protection against the disease.

A scheduled meeting between visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and two Muslim MPs, namely MPs Rauff Hakeem and Rishad Bathiudeen, has been cancelled on “security grounds.”

The United States surpassed half a million COVID-19 deaths, more coronavirus-related deaths than anywhere else, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.