Germany and the European Union are stepping up their offensive for an independent European war policy after the debacle in Afghanistan. At an informal meeting in Kranj, Slovenia, the EU defence ministers discussed on Thursday the establishment of a rapid …

UN Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report on Sri Lanka in January 2021.Sri Lanka   rejected this report. Tamara Kunanayagam commented on the report in a television interview. www.lankaweb.com Tamara said that this report has dangerous concepts in it. It …

In keeping with the Government’s commitment to address accountability a Domestic Mechanism was instituted by appointing a Presidential Commission of Inquiry headed by a Supreme Court Judge by Gazette No. 222111/55 of 21 January, 2021. The mandate of this Commission …

There is extensive reference to the Thirteenth Amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution that brought Provincial Councils in this Forum. Many – almost all – those in this Forum want the 13^th removed from the statute books and abolish the …

The UN Security Council was approached, without success by the Tamil Separatist Movement to get the Eelam war stopped and Eelam declared. According to the UN Charter the only UN body that can discuss the Eelam war was the Security …

Israel faced a series of existing challenges after its formation in 1948 followed by the first Arab-Israeli war, which made Israel triumphant against its hostile Arab nations. Nevertheless, the growing tension on the fragility of the newborn Jewish state provided …

Former Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was assassinated in Colombo by the Tamil terrorist, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on 12 August 2005. This column intends focusing on the man regarded as Sri Lanka’s finest foreign minister this …

Much to the concern of peace-loving people in the region, there are strong indications of an increase in the power rivalry in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and it will continue for foreseeable future as two regional powers have not …

The UN was created in 1945 following the end of World War 2 promising to ensure no future world wars, to respect individual state sovereignty and to not interfere in internal affairs of sovereign states. Since 1945, only 10 countries …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used several key opportunities this month to firmly align the Labour-Green Party government with US imperialism’s escalating economic, diplomatic and military confrontation with China.

Speaking to an audience of diplomats and government officials at …