‘Poverty eradication - greatest global challenge’ - Part IX:

Sustainable consumption and production

We recall the commitments made in the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21 and the JPOI on sustainable consumption and production and, in particular, the request in Chapter 3 of JPOI, to encourage and promote the development of a 10 Year Framework Programmes (10YFP).

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The Lotus Heart

Parting is such sweet sorrow

When he woke-up, all he felt was depression. It was a pitch dark outside too, though the luminous clock indicated seven in the morning. May be it’s going to rain. Sankha did not like his parents. They were boring. So he hardly spoke. He spoke only on his iPad.

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Earth Summit boosts Sri Lanka’s image

Regional links with South America and Africa:

Promotion of Sri Lanka's diplomatic relations to a wider scale by establishing diplomatic links with a large number of countries in the African continent and the Latin American region is considered by political analysts as another step forward of the President's vision on diplomacy.

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