International Affairs
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday approved Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, while also firmly endorsing AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as some countries continued to suspend its use.
The core group led by the United Kingdom (UK) has revised the draft resolution on Sri Lanka calling for, among others, to implement the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteurs who visited Sri Lanka after 2015, Daily Mirror learns.
Sri Lanka has begun negotiations with Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute, that produces the Sputnik V vaccine, to finalise a price to purchase the vaccines for the local population as the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) envisages to purchase at least seven million doses.
WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Japan, India, and Australia met virtually Friday for a summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, where they discussed strategies to counter China’s rising influence in the Indo-Pacific region, including an offer to match Beijing’s ambitious vaccine diplomacy.
The Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry yesterday said the invitation extended to the Foreign Minister of Myanmar was to attend the 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting to be hosted virtually on 1 April in Colombo.
The Government yesterday defended its decision to approve Adani Group to develop the West Container Terminal (WCT) conceding that the Indian Government did not specifically nominate the company, but that the selection was based on an “assumption” as the second terminal project was deemed less strategic.
The World Health Organisation, in an internal discussion held recently has said that it will honour its commitment made to Sri Lanka to provide 1.4 million doses of the anti COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX facility by end of May, which will secure Sri Lanka enough dosages to begin its second round.
The Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo observed the International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2021 recently with due solemnity and fervour.
WASHINGTON - The first federal recommendations for people vaccinated against COVID-19 allow cautious steps toward normal life.
Establishing a dedicated capacity at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to collect and preserve evidence about grave rights violations in Sri Lanka will cost an estimated $ 2 million, UNHRC member states were informed this week.
Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona met with China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Luo Zhaohui on 3 March.
Second official from ousted Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy has died in custody as protests in defiance of the country’s new military government continue.
The European Union's drug regulator, the Europe Medicines Agency (EMA), has given conditional approval to Johnson & Johnson's single dose COVID-19 vaccine.
The head of the World Health Organization has emphasized the need for global coordination in working to end the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to VOA Africa's Linord Moudou via Sky, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said equitable distribution of the vaccine is key. Below is an edited transcript.
ශ්රී ලංකාවට ලබාදීමට එකඟ වූ කොවිඩ් එන්නත් මාත්රා මිලියනය ප්රමාදයකින් තොරව ලබාදෙන බව ඉන්දීය සීරම් ආයතනය රාජ්ය ඖෂධ නීතිගත සංස්ථාවට ඊයේ (8 වැනිදා) දැනුම් දී තිබේ.
The U.N. secretary-general said Thursday that more than 88 million people were suffering from acute hunger in countries affected by conflict and instability at the end of 2020, and at least 34 million of them face possible famine this year.
More women continue to enter politics and government at the highest levels, but there is still widespread gender inequality globally for women in government and legislatures, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations said Wednesday.
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