There are 16 UN Missions currently operating with over 85,000 blue helmets. These men are serving in countries where conflicts have not arisen without a reason. Many of these conflicts have been planned and plotted by the very nations passing …

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It is being argued in some quarters that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s recent comment, in Colombo, drawing a far-fetched comparison between the Vanni war and acts of genocide in Rwanda and Srebrenica has inflicted severer …

If the UN claims to be a body held together to maintain global peace and claims to treat all UN member states equally, then the UN cannot have one law for some and no law for others. This is …

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has come and gone, but brouhaha one of his controversial remarks triggered has not yet died down. The government was over the moon about Ban’s visit, but now it has …

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Battle-hardened soldier Maj. Gen. Kamal Gunaratne, who has shed his Army uniform which he wore for 35 years, yesterday urged political leaders of the country to maintain the hard-earned peace. Maj. Gen. Gunaratne, who is …

Act like a slave, get treated like a slave. This is the message Philippine President conveys to Asia in inspiring the need to rise in defiance of imperial pivot to Asia returning to plunder and destroy and devastate Asia as …

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By Shamindra Ferdinando

In the wake of UNSG Ban Ki-moon reiterating his commitment to Geneva-led accountability process, we should re-examine Sri Lanka’s response to war crime allegations. 

Let me first, mention specific allegations directed at the …

The West will shower praise as Ban Ki Moon steps down after serving two terms as the Secretary General of the UN. Of course the West has much to thank Ban Ki Moon for. He has been a willing minion …

He came, he saw, he went. Thankfully there was no joint statement. Obviously, the ground situation would have been sussed up by his advisors as not conducive to any controversial statement. Instead, the unity government would have assured all of …