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The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva was established in June 1965. The first Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Mr Rex Koelmeyer presented credentials on 23 June 1965.The present Ambassador/Permanent Representative H.E. Mr. Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials on 19 July 2012. The Mission functions as the Permanent delegation of Sri Lanka to all UN and other international organizations in Switzerland including the World Trade Organization. It also has concurrent accreditation as Sri Lanka s Embassy to the Holy See.The Mission represents Sri Lanka s national interests in various UN and other international organizations based in Switzerland. The Consulate General of Sri Lanka, housed in the Mission premises, provides various consular assistance to the approximately 35,000-strong Sri Lankan community in Switzerland. The Sri Lanka Embassy in Germany has concurrent accreditation to Switzerland.
Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #13
Belt and Road Weekly Investor Intelligence #13 January 26, 2021 Posted by China Briefing Reading Time: 3 minutes
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Welcome to this week’s issue of China Briefing’s Belt & Road Initiative Weekly Investor Intelligence round up.
We highlight some of the key developments late last week in Istanbul at the Asian Cooperation Dialogue, the largest forum gathering 34 Asian nations together to discuss integration. We also feature three new downloadable reports, Doing Business in China 2021, ASEAN and the Belt & Road Initiative, and the potential for reinstating the Trans-European Express.
A complimentary download, ‘Doing Business in China 2021’ covers establishing and running a business; tax, audit, and accounting; and human resources and payroll. Key topics include investment models, intellectual property considerations, key taxes applicable for foreign companies, and various types of
On Western Media Bias and the need for New Global Thought Leaders
Monday, January 25
At the very beginning of this year, James Murdoch expounded in the
Financial Times on what he sees as a massive deterioration of the credibility of independence in Western media. His strongly worded statement, which castigated the US media for the “toxic politics” threatening American democracy, said that proprietors are as culpable as politicians who “know the truth but choose instead to propagate lies”.
The power of media is immense and has always been influential in politics. However, there has been a shift towards the ultra-partisan, and censorship or the drowning out of alternative views, often substituting the real for the idiotic, or at the very least to hold the prevailing line at the cost of all dissenting voices.
The State of Qatar yesterday participated in the 17th ministerial meeting of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue, which was held under the presidency of the Turkish Republic through visual communication technology. Qatar was represented at the meeting by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi.