'A great opportunity for Lanka in the global arena'
Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva - at the helm of
WHO:
Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala
De Silva was elected as the new Chairman of the World Health
Organisation earlier this week. He is the only South Asian elected
to this prestigious position. In an interview with the Daily News,
he said he would do his utmost to make use of his position to give a
true picture of Lanka to the world and further improve Lanka's
health facilities.
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Despite landmark treaty, children still under siege
The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child,
which came into force in September 1990, has been described as a
landmark treaty ensuring the human rights of the world's 2.2 billion
children.
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As Wanni liberation continues:
Troops consolidate new defence lines
This Columnist reviews the situation after visiting Jaffna
Forward Defences
Apart from the strengthened military
capabilities against the LTTE and the rejection of the LTTE by the
Jaffna population the LTTE made a desperate bid to take revenge from
the Jaffna population by launching indiscriminate artillery fire
towards the Gurunagar and Colombuthurai villages while making a
desperate bid to infiltrate Cheerathivu islands located between
Jaffna and Mandathivu islands.
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