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Remarks to Media by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs following talks with Ambassador Thomas Shannon, US Under Secretary of State (designate)

Remarks to Media by

Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs

following talks with Ambassador Thomas Shannon, US Under Secretary of State (designate)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 14th December 2015

Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

It has been an honour and a privilege to welcome Ambassador Thomas Shannon, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs- designate, to Sri Lanka, this evening.

Remarks to Media by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs on Human Rights Day

Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs on Human Rights Day

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 10th December 2015.

Ladies & Gentleman,

Today is Human Rights Day, as you know. And as in the past, Sri Lanka will join the countries of the world in commemorating this important event. But this year, Sri Lanka’s commemorations will not only be symbolic – it will also be substantive. So I am very pleased to announce that Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will today, this morning in New York, in fact, will be signing the International Convention on Enforced Disappearances.

Foreign Minister Samaraweera signs agreement for creation of Commonwealth Trade Finance Fund for Small States

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Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera together with the Foreign Ministers of India, Malta and Mauritius signed a Declaration of Intent for the creation of a Commonwealth Trade Finance Facility to assist boost trade and investment flows, particularly for small and developing countries in Malta on 26^th November 2015.

Visit of Russian Delegation of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly - 30th November – 2nd December

A five-member delegation led by Mr. Ilyas Mahomed-Salomovich Umakhanov, Vice Chairman of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly visited Sri Lanka from 30^th November to 2^nd December 2015.

Common values are important and not the power of wealth – President Sirisena tells Commonwealth

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President Maithripala Sirisena said he is fully satisfied with the accomplishment of goals set at the last Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo and during the period of the last two years, when Sri Lanka was the Chair in Office of the Commonwealth.

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

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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

Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

It has been an honour and a privilege today to welcome Ambassador Samantha Power to this historic Republic building.

Annual Review of Proscribed Entities Under UN Regulation No. 1 of 2012

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.

The initial proscription process was conducted in haste and was not subject to a rigorous process of assessment and verification. Many of the listed organisations had never condoned violence or terrorism. Some of the proscribed individuals were even dead at the time of proscription - including one individual who died 8 years prior to the proscription.

Galle Dialogue 2015

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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