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By Rathindra Kuruwita The Joint Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine yesterday warned that they too would be compelled to take union action from 06 July 2021 unless the Health Ministry took action to redress their grievances. The Joint Council had earlier held discussions with Ministry officials over 14 demands. “However, the Ministry has done nothing to solve our longstanding problems. Instead of addressing the issues, Ministry officials are trying to win over some members of our...

The damage caused by the MV X-Press Pearl disaster could have been averted if the Captain of the ship had informed Sri Lankan authorities of the real situation on board the vessel before it reached Colombo Port, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday. He made the observation at an event at Apeksha Cancer Hospital in Maharagama “The Colombo Port is one of the best ports in the region. I am sure we could have dealt with the incident better if we had been informed of the real sit...

SL assures EU to change terror law to win GSP export facility   Fri, Jul 02 2021 08:29:50 AM By Susitha Fernando Colombo, Jul 2 (IANS): Amidst the fear of losing the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) trade preferential access to European markets, Sri Lanka informed the European Union (EU) that it was ready to amend the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the highly criticised law which was used to arrest a large number of Tamil political prisoners and detained them ex...

Search Online Training for the Periodic Reporting Exercise in Asia and the Pacific: Question & Answer Session Section II 11 March 2021 The World Heritage Centre is organising a series of online training sessions to accompany States Parties in Asia and the Pacific as they carry out the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting. This session is a dedicated  Question & Answer Session for Section II of the questionnare with a focus on the following: Answering specific questions on chapters or quest...

Search 25 February 2021 © UNESCO The World Heritage Centre is organising a series of online training sessions to accompany States Parties in Asia and the Pacific as they carry out the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting. This session is dedicated to Management Plans & Impact Assessments and focus on the following: Reporting on Management Plans and Impact Assessments in the Periodic Reporting questionnaire, Requirements for Management Plans under the 1972 Convention, Management docume...

02/28/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/28/2021 09:40 National Focal Points and World Heritage Site Managers of Nepal meet for the Periodic Reporting Workshop On 17 February, 24 officials including the National Focal Points and World Heritage Site Managers - both natural and cultural - came together in Kathmandu to discuss Periodic Reporting on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, the Department of Arch...

Search Monday, 22 February 2021 (16/02/2021) / UNESCO The UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the UNESCO Field Offices in Africa, organized an regional workshop from 17 to 19 February 2021, where National Focal Points from the Africa region participated online. Following the submission of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting questionnaires in July 2020 and several consultations with World Heritage site managers...

Search 17-19 February 2021 In the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting, which started in the Africa region in September 2019, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund and UNESCO Field Offices, is organising a final regional online workshop for National Focal Points of the Africa region to present the outcomes of Periodic Reporting Exercise and to collect and develop recommendations to the preparation of the Regional Re...

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