UN Secretary-General arrives in here today
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, will arrive in Sri Lanka today 31 August for an official visit.
The Secretary-General is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka in the evening of 31 August from Myanmar, and leave Sri Lanka late night on 2 September for China to participate in the G20 Summit.
Secretary-General will meet Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesingheon 31 August, and will call on President Maithripala Sirisena on 1 September in Colombo.
The Secretary-General will travel to Galle on 1 September, where he will participate in an event involving youth under the theme ‘Reconciliation and Coexistence: Role of Youth’.
On 2 September, the Secretary-General will travel to Jaffna, where he will meet the Governor of the Northern Province Reginald Cooray, Leader of the Opposition R. Sampanthan and members of the TNA, and visit a resettlement site.
During the visit, the Secretary-General will also meet with several Cabinet Ministers including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mangala Samaraweera; the Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya, Political Party Leaders; and civil society representatives.
At the invitation of the Chairperson and Board of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS), the Secretary-General will speak at a public event in Colombo on 2 September on ‘Sustaining Peace – Achieving Sustainable Development Goals’, focusing in particular on Goal 16, namely, the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development.
(Government News Portal)
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The UN stood in silence when the Bush-Blair-Howard combine invaded Iraq under the guise of the ‘War Against Terror’.
The UN stood in silence when 40,000 civilians were slaughtered under the guise of eradicating terrorism in Sri Lanka.
The UN stood in silence when hundreds of thousands were displaced by the regime in Syria to ensure continuity of family rule.
The UN stood in silence when many other civilians were persecuted in many parts of the world under despotic rulers.
The UN Security Council, with veto powered members, makes the entire UN system the most undemocratic of all global systems.
The Non Aligned Movement, established by visionary third world leaders, was never pursued by leaders of the subsequent generation being captivated as slaves, by the false riches offered by the west.
We, the people of the Developing Countries, shall forever remain condemned to the debt trap. The gap between rich and poor in our lands shall keep widening forever.
Mr Ki-Moon’s ineffective leadership is likely to be the last nail in the UN’s coffin.
Mr. T. Somasundaram you forget to add this in your barrage of accusations to UN:
UN and international HR organizations stood silence when successive SLFP & UNP governments massacred 60,000 Sinhala youths in late 70s and 80s.
Dear Mr Amarakoon,
My sincere apologies; my heart goes out to those who lost lives in the rebellions in the late 70’s and 80’s.
There were many other massacres in recent world history. The white mas feared Communism; hence undertook a journey of persecution.
More recently, the white man is after the last remaining black gold, invading oil fields and draining the earth of fossil fuel.
Once, oil supplies dry up, the war and repression will be for control over water resources which are rapidly dwindling.
The aggression is never ending. We are a doomed civilisation.