The Seventh Executive President of Sri Lanka must be supportive of disarmament, human security and climate change issues since the ways world’s leaders act on them will become decisive now towards shaping the world’s safety or destruction, said Coordinator of the Forum on Disarmament and Development in a press statement. Sri Lanka became a UN member in 1955 and since then the country has been engaged in treaties, conventions and programmes of the UN on promoting and supporting disarmament, human security and climate change. The subjects of disarmament, human security and climate change are interconnected in today’s word and can be measured through several means and these include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the statement reads.
As a neutral nation, Sri Lanka follows a Non-aligned Foreign Policy and is supportive of world peace making it easier to take leadership in international diplomacy particularly in disarmament and human security sectors. Post-war Sri Lanka’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT), Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and ratification of the UN Disability Convention (CRPD) set the ground towards this end. This year in September, Sri Lanka chaired the 8th Meeting of the State Parties to the CCM in Geneva in which the international community hailed Sri Lanka’s commitment and leadership in promoting humanitarian disarmament, the statement further said. Therefore, the Seventh Executive President must be supportive of disarmament, human security and climate change issues
If Sri Lanka is seriously working towards achieving SDGs targets well before 2030 by carrying out these activities, there is no doubt that the country will be able resolve many issues relating to socioeconomic, political and protecting the natural environment. In this regard, a new President’s commitment and leadership to the cause always matters, the statement affirmed.
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