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INTRODUCTION
Historically, investors whose investments were expropriated or
nationalised by the Host State had few rights of redress. The
options were limited to seeking to enforce their rights in the
national courts of the Host State or appeal to their own Home State
to place commercial, diplomatic, or military pressure on the Host
State depending on the nature of the said investment.
However, the international community has taken a conscious step
to promote investment into developing nations by creating avenues
for foreign investors to protect their rights over the last 50
The Ambassador-designate of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, arrived in China on 15 December and virtually assumed duties on 16 December. He was welcomed virtually by staff of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing which had been without a formal head for some months.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, a Sri Lankan diplomat with extensive experience, was the former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations (UN) from 2009 to 2015. Until August 2009, he was the Permanent Secretary to the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka and was also the former Secretary General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process. He was previously the Head of the UN Treaty Section in New York till 2006, the largest arm of the UN office of Legal Affairs.
One of the responsibilities of a government towards its citizens is to ensure their physical security from domestic or
external threats and protect and promote their human rights, including socio-economic and cultural rights.
The Sri Lankan government is still far from convinced that the burial of the those who die of COVID-19 will not cause any harm to those who are not dead yet and continuing with the policy of forced cremation though there is no scientific basis for its fears.
Citing international practice, the World Health Organisation advisory and scientific proof, Sri Lanka’s Muslims plead that they be allowed to bury those who die of COVID-19, and that they should not be denied their fundamental right to accord a decent burial to their loved ones. But in the government, an influential section is holding on to an unsubstantiated claim that if the burial of COVID-19 victims is allowed the virus could seep through the water table and reemerge in society.
Port City Colombo secures LOLC’s and CHEC’s Investment; sets the stage for the One Billion Dollar “Colombo International Financial Centre”
December, 17, 2020
Browns Investments PLC, the strategic investment arm of the LOLC Group, has entered into a landmark Agreement to partner with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited to commence the Colombo International Finance Centre Mixed Development Project in the Port City Colombo. China and Sri Lanka have long established an enduring relationship characterised by economic cooperation and societal collaboration, so this partnership further underlines the confidence and commitment to development in the country through the combination of a world-renowned Sri Lankan conglomerate and a distinguished Chinese enterprise.
Dec 17, 2020 (LBO) – The Ambassador-designate of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, arrived in China on 15 December 2020 and virtually assumed duties on 16 December 2020. He was welcomed virtually by staff of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing which had been without a formal head for some months.
Dr. Palitha Kohona, a Sri Lankan diplomat with extensive experience, was the former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations (UN) from 2009 to 2015.
Ambassador Dr. Kohona received his secondary education in Sri Lanka at St. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia. He obtained a LLB (Hons.) at the University of Sri Lanka, a LLM from the Australian National University in International Trade Law and a Doctorate from Cambridge University in the UK for a thesis on International Economic Law.