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A paper published by the UN Human Rights Office this morning highlights that conflict-related sexual violence in Sri Lanka remains largely unaddressed, with survivors, both men and women, still being denied long-overdue justice. Titled “We…

North Korea condemned on Monday (Jan 12) what it called “shameless” moves by the United States that it said undermined the United Nations and accused Washington of a “hideous criminal act”. Pyongyang’s mission to the United Nations in…

The United Nations has allocated US$4.5 million (LKR 1.38 billion) from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen Sri Lanka’s response to Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on 28 November. The funds will enable the UN to…

Sri Lanka, while disagreeing with coercive international action, rejected the resolution 60/L.1/Rev.1 presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Genève. Speaking during the 60th session of the UNHRC, Ambassador and Permanent…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, called on member states to impose further sanctions on those credibly accused of gross human rights violations in Sri Lanka. Turk was speaking at the 60th session of the…

The UN has said “there needs to be justice” following Israel’s double strike on a Gaza hospital which killed at least 20 people, as an initial Israeli military probe said the strike had targeted a “camera positioned by Hamas”.…

The UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The PM said Israel must also meet other conditions, including agreeing to a…

The government of Sri Lanka has expressed deep concern regarding the current humanitarian situation in Gaza. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism Vijitha Herath on behalf of the government has reaffirmed Sri…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its upcoming session from February 3 to 21 to review the status of women’s rights in Sri Lanka, along with seven other countries: Nepal, Belarus,…

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed its full support for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel’s foreign minister said he was barring him from entering the country. The 15-member council said in a…