Sri Lanka, having faced terrorism for nearly 30 years, remains concerned by the unabated progression of terrorism in all its forms and manifestation, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Secretary to the UN Mohan Peiris said.
Addressing the plenary session of the UN General Assembly, he said Sri Lanka was all aware that acts of terrorism, xenophobia, racism, intolerance, hate speech and disinformation are threats to international peace and security.
“They transcend boundaries and its prevention must be viewed as a collective responsibility by without an end in sight. It is only appropriate that we make the observation that those non-state actors who engage in unlawful activity should not be encouraged, in any way, or given the opportunity of justifying their activities at this august forum through any one of their sympathizers with a view to propagate their ideologies through the procedures established by the UN organization and its allied organs “ he said.
(Daily Mirror)