High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

YOGA AND SRI LANKA LUXURY SPA & WELLNESS EVENING PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Friday, 29 September 2017 13:14

Under the patronage of the High Commission of Sri Lanka in New Delhi, the Indian Importers Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized the “Yog Mahotsav and Sri Lanka Luxury Spa & Wellness evening” at the High Commission premises on 26th September 2017. 

The theme of the event was “”Yoga & Spa” and the focus was on the fusion of yoga and on traditional natural healing and wellness practices of Sri Lanka and India. The presentation by Spa Ceylon Luxury Ayurveda at the event, brought to the limelight, Sri Lanka’s indigenous medicines and traditional natural healing practices and its benefits, while Global Yoga Alliance demonstrated the spiritual disciplines of Yoga, which focusses on harmony between mind, body and soul.  

High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara welcoming the participants at the commencement, spoke of Sri Lanka’s indigenous medicines and applications practiced over many centuries. She further stated that “ more and more people are now turning to spa therapy and Sri Lanka has become a well-known destination for visitors from world over”. 

During the event, invitees had the opportunity to experience, natural healing practices of Spa Ceylon Luxury Ayurveda and Global Yoga Alliance.   

Over two hundred invitees participated at the event comprising members of the Diplomatic Corps, representatives from trade chambers, travel and tourism, businessmen and journalists.  

Sri Lanka High CommissionNew Delhi

29th September 2017. 

 
Hon. Vasantha Senanayake, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Visits Kushinagar Pilgrims sites. PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Friday, 29 September 2017 13:07

State Minister of Foreign Affairs Vasantha Senanayake visited India from 23-25th September 2017. He visited Kushinagar Pilgrims sites on 24th September 2017. The Uttar Pradesh Government made arrangements to receive the state Minister on arrival at the Gorakpur Airport, and he was received by Group Captain Rajath Thiyagi, Sub Divisional Magistrate of Gorakpur at the Gorakpur Airport. In Kushinagar, he was received by Sub Divisional Magistrate of Kushinagar, Mr. Jayaprakash Shukla and was accorded a Police guard of honour.

In Kushinagar, State Minister Senanayake had discussions with Ven H. Assaji Thero, Chief Monk of the Sri Lanka- Japan Buddhist Center on the maintainance of the monuments and the temple, and on the facilities provided to the Buddhist pilgrims. The state Minister of Foreign Affairs also paid homage to the sacred sites in Kushinagar. 

High Commission of Sri LankaNew Delhi 

 
Foreign Minister Marapana undertakes his first official overseas visit to India PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Monday, 18 September 2017 03:49

 
Hon. Tilak Marapana assumes duties as Minister of Foreign Affairs PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Wednesday, 23 August 2017 09:12

Hon. Tilak Marapana, Minister of Development Assignments assumed duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday 18 August 2017. 

Minister Marapana was received by the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prasad Kariyawasam and senior staff upon arrival at the Ministry. Following the lighting of the traditional oil lamp and holding of religious observances, the Minister officially assumed duties at the Ministry.

Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana addessed the media following his assumption of duties.


Ministry of Foreign AffairsColombo
19 August 2017

Bio data of Hon. Foreign Minister

 
New Foreign Secretary Appointed PDF Print option in slimbox / lytebox? (info) E-mail
Wednesday, 16 August 2017 12:20

Biodata of Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam

Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Prasad Kariyawasam, Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assumed duties on 15 August 2017.

His last post before being appointed as Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was Ambassador for Sri Lanka to the United States of America (July 2014 to August 2017) with concurrent accreditation as High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to Trinidad & Tobago and Ambassador (designate) to Mexico. He was also the Permanent Observer of Sri Lanka to the Washington based Organization of American States (OAS).  

Having joined the Sri Lanka Foreign Service in 1981, he has held diplomatic assignments in Geneva (1983-1987), Riyadh (1989-1992), Washington (1995-1998), New Delhi (1998-2001), Geneva (2001-2004), New York (2005-2008) and New Delhi (2009 – 2014).

From 2009-2014, he was the High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to India in Delhi and concurrently accredited as the Ambassador for Sri Lanka to Bhutan and Afghanistan. 

From 1998 to 2001, he served as the Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in India, holding the rank of an Ambassador. In Geneva, from 2001 to 2004, he served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, while also holding the positions of Consul General of Sri Lanka to Switzerland, Personal Representative of the Head of State of Sri Lanka to the G-15 and concurrently accredited Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Holy See in the Vatican. In recognition as the envoy of Sri Lanka to Vatican, His Holiness Pope John Paul II bestowed the insignia of the “Grand-Cross of the order of Saint Gregory the Great” to Ambassador Kariyawasam. In New York, he served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, and was concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Jamaica and The Bahamas, as well as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Chile and Colombia.

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he had assignments in the Divisions of United Nations and Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Political Affairs, Administration, Economic Affairs, and as the Special Assistant to the Foreign Secretary. He also held the post of Director of the South Asia Division, and was the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capacity of Director of Publicity. Prior to his assignment to New York as Ambassador, he held the position of Director General of the Economic Affairs Division and served as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to his posting in New Delhi he was also an Additional Secretary in the Ministry in charge of Multilateral Affairs, South Asia and Administration.

Mr. Kariyawasam was the Alternate Representative of Sri Lanka at the 53rd, 54th and 55th Sessions of the United Nations (UN) Commission for Human Rights (CHR) held in Geneva, and led the observer delegation of Sri Lanka to the 57th and 58th Sessions of CHR and a Member of the delegation of Sri Lanka to the 59th Session of the CHR. At the 59th Session of the CHR in Geneva, Mr. Kariyawasam was elected as a Vice-Chairperson, and served in the Expanded Bureau of the 59th CHR. At the World Conference against Racism held in Durban in 2001, he was elected as the Vice-Chair of the main Committee. 

In 2003, he was elected to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. At the first inaugural session of the Committee, he was selected as its Chairperson, the post of which he held until 2008. He has been re-elected thrice to this Committee and will now serve until 2021. Mr. Kariyawasam was also elected as the Chair of the 2004 sessions of the Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Inter-Committee Meetings. He also served as the Chairperson of the United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israel Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestine People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories from 2005 to 2008.

He was a member of the United Nations Panel of Experts on Small Arms, which produced a report on the subject to the UN General Assembly in 1997. He also served in the UN Group of Governmental Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development, which reported to the 2004 UNGA. In July 2006, he presided over the UN Conference to Review Progress in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects held in New York. He served in the Advisory Board of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in 2008/2009. He was a Vice-Chairperson of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the year 2006, and was elected as a Vice President of the 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations for the years 2007/2008. Mr. Kariyawasam was elected as the President of the Council of the International Organization for Migration for the years 2001-2002 at its 50th anniversary session. In the year 2002, he participated at the annual session of the World Economic Forum held in Davos. He served as the Chair of the Assembly of the Global Development Network (GDN) based in New Delhi from 2012 – 2013.

Mr. Kariyawasam was born on 21st March 1954. He is married and has a daughter and a son.

 


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