When Japan proposed the world’s first racial equality clause to be included into the Charter of the League of Nations in 1919, Anglo Saxon countries immediately opposed it. America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the British Empire were against including …

By Neville Ladduwahetty

The United Nations General Assembly by Resolution 60/251 setup the Human Rights Council in April 2006. Article 1 of the above Resolution states that the decision to establish a Human Rights Council based in Geneva was to …

By RANJITH SOYSA

The Canadian Prime Minister issued a statement on Sri Lanka on 18^th May 2016 and stated that he had met a number of victims of war in Sri Lanka and he understands the unfortunate and bleak …

33 years have gone by and we still fail to put the puzzle together. To safeguard the nation from becoming finally clinched as a victory by the enemy it is no better time than now to start putting the puzzle …

 Articles 1 of the UN Charter of 1945 gives the purpose & principles of the UN – maintain international peace & security, take effective collective measures to prevent & remove threats to peace, suppress acts of aggression or other breaches …

by Prof. S.Ranwella

Nagadipa or Naka-diva was the ancient name of the Jaffna peninsula. It is first mentioned in the Pali chronicles of Ceylon in connection with the story of the Buddha’s second visit to Sri Lanka in the 6th …

Apropos to Dayan Jayatilake’s “Why Mangala must exit……” in what he calls a ‘Mexit’ moment the suggestion is both valid and timely. The Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka must be change. In fact he should be impeached for treason and …

The world is in turmoil. Chaos and mayhem is spreading with no end in sight. No amount of sophisticated technology can stop a man with a gun or suicide vest and able to equal any expensive drone. The Muslims have …

War crimes

By Shamindra Ferdinando

About three weeks before the Army had breached LTTE defences on the Vanni east front, to rescue over 100,000 Tamils, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (R/HC) in wartime Sri Lanka, Neil Bhune, estimated the …