A courtesy meeting between Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe, Minister of Trade of Sri Lanka and Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director General of International Labour Organization

Hon. Wasantha Samarasinghe, Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development paid a courtesy call on Mr. Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director General of the International Labour Organization on 16 October 2025 at the ILO Office, on the margins of the Fifth Review of the Trade Policies and Practices of Sri Lanka, which is being held from 15-17 October 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Statement by Sri Lanka at the Champion Countries and Donors Dialogue – “Turning Commitments into Action: GCM National Implementation Plans and the Catalytic Value of the Capacity Building Mechanism” held on 9 October 2025 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva

Allow me at the outset to thank the UN Network on Migration and the Permanent Mission of Ecuador for organizing this event. We are particularly pleased to participate in this dialogue, having joined the GCM Champions Initiative in March this year. 

Statement by Sri Lanka as the country concerned during the consideration of draft resolution HRC. 60/L.1/Rev.1 on Sri Lanka at the 60th Session of Human Rights Council on 6th October 2025

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Mr. President,

Sri Lanka participated in discussions on this resolution in a spirit of open and constructive engagement, that we have demonstrated throughout in our interactions with this Council.

Sri Lanka reaffirms its commitment to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances

 

Minister of Justice and National Integration, Harshana Nanayakkara led the Sri Lanka delegation to the presentation of Sri Lanka’s initial Report under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance at the 29thSession of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) on 26 September 2025, in Geneva.

Opening Statement by Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Minister of Justice and National Integration at the consideration of Sri Lanka’s Initial Report under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

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Mr. Chairman,

Distinguished Members of the Committee,

  1. It is my honour to lead the Sri Lanka delegation to this dialogue with the Committee on Enforced Disappearance and to present Sri Lanka’s Initial Report under Article 29 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
  2. My delegation, both present here and joining virtually from Colombo, includes members from the

Ministry of Justice and National Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, the Attorney General’s Department, Sri Lanka Police, the Department of Probation and Child Care Services, National Child Protection Authority, the Office on Missing Persons, the Office for Reparations, the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, and the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva.

Sri Lanka’s review under the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)to be held in Geneva

The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) during its 29th session will review Sri Lanka’s first periodic report on 26 September 2025 in Geneva.

Sri Lanka’s Delegation to the Review will be led by the Hon. Minister of Justice and National Integration, Harshana Nanayakkara, M.P. and will consist of  senior officials from the Ministry of Justice and National Integration, Attorney-General’s Department, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Department of Police, Office on Missing Persons (OMP), Office for Reparations (OR), Office for National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR), and the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva.

The Review will take the form of an hybrid interactive dialogue between the GoSL delegation and the CED Committee.

Sri Lanka signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) on 10 December 2015 and ratified the Convention on 25 May 2016. On 23 August 2023, Sri Lanka submitted its initial report under the Convention, outlining the measures taken to implement its obligations under the Convention. The forthcoming review will involve the consideration of Sri Lanka’s initial report by the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED).

In addition to Sri Lanka, Montenegro and Benin will also be reviewed by the Committee during its 29thsession to be held from 22 September to 2 October 2025.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment & Tourism
Colombo

 26 September 2025

 

 

Address by His Excellency Anura Kumara Disanayaka, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations 24 September 2025

HE UNGA 25 SEP2025

Theme: “Better together: 80 Years and more for Peace, Development and Human Rights”

Madam President, Mr General Secretary, honoured invitees, distinguished delegates,

  1. Sri Lanka becomes a State Party to BBNJ Convention
  2. Statement by Sri Lanka at the Urgent Debate to “discuss the recent military aggression launched by Israel against the State of Qatar on 9 September 2025” during the 60th session of the Human Rights Council, 16th September 2025
  3. Statement by Sri Lanka at the Thirteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in Geneva, 16-19 September 2025

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