Sri Lanka co hosted the International Day of Migrants, 18 December 2019 at UNCC, Bangkok

Sri Lanka says the Generosity and Resilience of Migrant Hosting Societies should Not Go Unnoticed. Co-Hosting the 2019 ‘UN Intentional Day of Migrants’, for the first time in Bangkok, by joining with Bangladesh and the United Nations Regional Network on Migration for Asia and the Pacific, H.E. Mrs. […]
Sri Lanka elected as Chair of the Seventh Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), in Bangkok.

The Seventh Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) held on 20th May in Bangkok-Thailand, was convened as a virtual meeting for the first time,complying with the ‘new normal’ in the COVID 19 context,and Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), H.E. (Mrs.) Samantha […]
Sri Lanka plays an active role at the CS 76 in Bangkok.

The seventy-sixth session (CS 76) of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was successfully conducted on a virtual platform for the first time in its history, due to the COVID 19 situation, on 21 May 2020, in Bangkok. The CS 76 deliberated on ‘Promoting economic, social and environmental cooperation on […]
Sri Lanka Pledged for Continued Action on Innovative Solutions for Marine Plastic Pollution Prevention

Joining as a speaker at the Plenary Session on ‘Voices for Solutions to the Plastic Pollution Conundrum’ at the invitation of the UN Environment Regional Office in Bangkok, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to UNESCAP, Ambassador (Mrs.) Samantha K. Jayasuriya pledged on Sri Lanka’s continued commitment to encourage more private public partnerships and multi-stakeholder engagements […]
Statement by H.E. the Ambassador Mrs. Samantha Jayasuriya on International Day against Nuclear Tests, 29 August 2019, in Bangkok

International Day against Nuclear Test 29th August 2019 Organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan At Conference Room 4, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok Statement by H.E Samantha K. Jayasuriya Ambassador of Sri Lanka Madam Armida SalsiahAlisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the UN ESCAP, MadamRaushanYesbulatova, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Thailand, Distinguished Ambassadors and presenters, […]
Intervention by the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the ESCAP at 383rd ACPR, 22 August 2019, 0930-1200 hrs

Mr. Chairperson,Madam Executive Secretary,Secretary to the Commission,Distinguished Permanent Representatives of the Member States and delegates Thank you very much for the very warm welcome and introduction, and I am pleased to be with you today at this 383rd Session of the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives (ACPR) of the Commission, and wish to share my […]