UN chief António Guterres ‘deeply alarmed’ by eastern Ghouta violence
UTV | COLOMBO – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said he was “deeply alarmed” by the escalating violence in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta enclave after...
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UN: Six Syria enclave hospitals bombed in two days
UTV | NEW YORK – Six hospitals have been struck over two days in the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, putting three out...
UN chief set to appoint UK’s Griffiths as Yemen envoy
UTV | SANA – War-wracked Yemen is what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council...
UN Security Council to discuss US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
UTV | COLOMBO – President Donald Trump has announced that the US now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, overturning decades of official US policy. Trump...
UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson to visit Sri Lanka
(UDHAYAM, GENEVA) – The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Ben Emmerson will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from...
First Replacement Air Force Group leaves for UN mission in Sudan
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – 56 Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) personnel left the country as the first replacement group of the SLAF Aviation Unit under the...
Ambassador Kariyawasam re-elected to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Prasad Kariyawasam, who has been a member of the United Nations Committee...
President congratulates the new UN Envoy on Youth
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, who has been appointed as the new United Nations (UN) Envoy on Youth by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...
Mahinda-Chandrika Together At UN Vesak Celebrations
(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Chandrika Bandaranaike are seen seated together at the inauguration of the UN Vesak Day at the BMICH...
Foreign Minister meets UN Chief
(UDHAYAM, GENEVA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera met with the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres yesterday (27th Feb.) in Geneva. This was...