Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2020
The multiple attacks launched by the Islamic Jihadis on April 21, 2019 on a number of selected targets including places of worship and leading hotels in Sri Lanka resulting in mass murder were...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE crimes / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / UN & Sri Lanka / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st January 2020
A government with a will to defend the nation combined with the heroic efforts of Sri Lanka’s national army reunited every inch of land under one national flag on 19 May 2009. The LTTE...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / UNHRC Resolutions / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd January 2020
On 4th March 2011, the Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry responded to the adopting of Resolution (S. Res 84) by US Senate. What is poignant about US Resolution and Sri Lanka’s response is...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd January 2020
Sri Lanka suffered 30 years of terrorism by LTTE banned by 32 countries even 10 years after Sri Lanka eliminated LTTE militarily. Sri Lanka saw nothing beyond diplomatic statements condemning ‘alleged LTTE attacks’...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / UN & Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th December 2019
Sri Lanka’s sleuths must conclude the investigation before Geneva sessions. Firstly, Sri Lanka must answer whether the abduction happened or not. Secondly, the Sri Lankan police must show if it didn’t happen the evidence...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th December 2019
The Swiss has issued a strange statement criticizing Sri Lanka for the lack of due process. The truth is quite the opposite. It took a magistrate’s order to finally get the Swiss embassy to...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / INGO-NGO issues / UN & Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th December 2019
Part of Sri Lanka’s problem has been not to challenge some of the lies being propagated by the power of funding sources both legitimate and illegitimate. There are plenty of diplomatic avenues to...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / INGO-NGO issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th December 2019
The Swiss Embassy affair has shown how easy it is for people to get entry to live in a Western country and even have these Western countries arrange travel, air ambulance, hotel stay, a...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st December 2019
We sure hope the Swiss will not be caught doing a Rajitha on Sri Lanka’s new Govt? Doing a Rajitha is what we now call the fake white van story using a dressed up...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st December 2019
In 2015 regime change took place and common candidate Maithripala Sirisena was elected as President. Democracy and elections were ‘virtues’ handed to former colonies by former colonial invaders. Diplomacy is part and parcel of...
