Fri, 2012-09-21 02:46 — editor
New York, 21 September, (Asiantribune.com):
Prof. G.L.Pieris, Sri Lanka’s Minister of External Affairs will be
leading the Sri Lankan delegation to the 67th session of the UN General
Assembly in New York. This time it is revealed that Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapaksa will not be participating in the General Assembly session.
Already United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) started on Tuesday its
67th session at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Following opening week, on Sept. 24, the General Assembly will convene a
high-level meeting on the rule of law at the national and international levels,
during which UN member states, non- governmental organizations and civil
society will work towards strengthening the rule of law.
It is learnt that the Sri Lankan delegation will on time to participate
in the High Level Meeting.
Also during its 67th session, which runs through mid-September 2013, the
General Assembly will consider the outcome of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which took place in Brazil in June 2012.
Vuk Jeremic, the former Serbian foreign minister who was elected
president of the 67th UNGA session on June 8, said in an opening address that
the General Assembly is "the only forum where all (UN) member states come
together as sovereign equals to advance the aims of the UN Charter."
Pledging to faithfully serve the cause of the United Nations, Jeremic
said: "I look forward to engaging with all delegations, in furtherance of
shared goals and objectives."
According to him, among key issues on its agenda, the General Assembly
will address the Millennium Development Goals, climate change and sustainable
development, food security, the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of
conflicts, disarmament, and United Nations reform, including reform of the
Security Council.
- Asian Tribune -
