STATEMENTS
2008
Sri Lanka: Democracy vs. Terrorism - A Negotiated Settlement to the Conflict? By H.E. Bernard Goonetilleke at The Atwood Memorial Center St. Cloud State University in Minnesota - 21 April 2008
Ambassador Bernard Goonetilleke cautions against donations to unknown organizations that could be terrorist fronts at interview with WCCA TV13 in Worchester, Massachusetts - 07 March 2008
"The Ceasefire Agreement, The Peace Process and The International Community" - Address by Ambassador Bernard Goonetilleke at Capitol Hill, Washington DC - 25 January 2008
2007
"Sri Lanka Looking Beyond Terrorism: A Road Map to Peace" - Address by the Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies - 04 October 2007
"The Challenge of Terrorism and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka" - Address by Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, at the Georgetown University, Washington DC -
02 October 2007
Address by H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa, President Of Sri Lanka to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council -
28th September 2007
Address By His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa - President of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the Sixty Second Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York - 25 September 2007
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"Moving Sri Lanka’s Peace Process Forward; Sri Lanka Government Policy and The Role of The International Community" - Address by Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington DC - 16 March 2007
2006
‘Sri Lanka Today’ - Address by Ambassador Bernard Goonetilleke at The US Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA - 31 October 2006
Ambassador Goonetilleke responds to Boston Globe Editorial - 28 October 2006
Ambassador Goonetilleke responds to New York Times Editorial - 18 October 2006
"Development and Peacemaking; Challenges in Sri Lanka" - President Rajapaksa addresses The Asia Society of New York, New York - 22 September 2006
Address by His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa - President of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the Sixty First Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York - 20 September 2006
Sri Lankan Embassy refutes Washington Times Report - “Water Wars”, Washington Times -
08 August 2006
Ambassador Goonetilleke says Sri Lanka will not succumb to blackmail by the LTTE on the water issue in The Eastern Province - CNN - 03 August 2006
Address by H.E. Bernard Goonetilleke Ambassador of Sri Lanka in the U.S. on international cooperation in combating terrorism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington DC - 28 June 2006
Ambassador Goonetilleke tells Washington Times LTTE distorting information from Sri Lanka -
The Washington Times - 11 May 2006
Negotiating with Armed Groups: Sri Lanka and Beyond - Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Massachusetts - 06 April 2006
2005
Joint Press Statement of the Sri Lanka Donor Co-chairs - Brussels, Belgium - 19 December 2005
Ambassador Goonetilleke says examination of past failures necessary in order to have future progress in the Sri Lanka peace process - 04 November 2005
Joint Press Statement of the Sri Lanka Donor Co-chairs - New York, USA - 19 September 2005
Her Excellency the President's address to the 60th session of the UN General Assembly in New York -
17 September 2005
Address by Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York - 15 September 2005
"For Larger Freedom: Pursuit of Peace in Sri Lanka " - Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Asia Society, New York - 14 September 2005
Sri Lanka Peace Process: Problems and Prospects - Address by Jayantha Dhanapala - Secretary General, Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process, and Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka at the Asia Society, Washington DC - 12 September 2005
Sri Lanka Peace Process: Role of the International Community - Congressional Briefing by Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala - Secretary General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) and Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka - 08 September 2005
Statement by Ambassador Bernard A.B. Goonetilleke, at the Washington Network for Post - Tsunami Peace Building Roundtable series held in Washington DC - 16 June 2005
Statement of Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States of America - Mr. Bernard A. B. Goonetilleke at the presentation of Credentials to President George W. Bush - 27 May 2005
The U.S. President’s reply to the remarks of the newly appointed Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka upon the occasion of the presentation of his Letter of Credence - 27 May 2005
2004
Address by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at the 59th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly , New York, USA - 21 September 2004
Speech by President Chandrika Kumaratunga on "Conflict Resolution and Peace Building - Lessons
from Sri Lanka" at Asia Society, New York, USA - 20 September 2004
Joint Press Statement of the Sri Lanka Donor Co-chairs - Brussels, Belgium - 01 June 2004
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Address by the President of Sri Lanka Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at
the 12th SAARC Summit - Islamabad, Pakistan - 04 January 2004
Speech by H.E. Ambassador Devinda R Subasinghe at the International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC - 07 January 2004
2003
Speech by Hon. Lal D Gamage, Minister Assisting Foreign Affairs at The International Donor Conference
for the Reconstruction of Iraq - Madrid, Spain - 24 October 2003
Joint Statement on the visit of Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to India October 19-21, 2003 -
21 October 2003
Remarks made by the Hon. Tyronne Fernando, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council Roundtable Luncheon - 03 October 2003
Hon Prime Minister's speech at The 58th United Nations General Assembly, New York, USA -
26 September 2003
Prime Minister's speech at the Tokyo Donor Conference - 09 June 03
Hon. Prime Minister's Statement to Parliament - 06 May 2003
Prime Minister provides comprehensive response to a letter from Dr. Anton Balasingham,
the Chief Negotiator of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) - 29 April 2003
Ambassador Goonetilleke responds to Mr Tamilchelvan - 28 April 2003
Letter from the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka - 22 April 2003
Speech by H.E. Ambassador Devinda R. Subasinghe at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 25 April 2003
Opening Remarks by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage at The Washington Seminar on
Sri Lanka - Loy Auditorium, Washington DC - April 14 2003
Statement by Milinda Moragoda - Minister For Economic Reform, Science and Technology at Pre-Tokyo
Sri Lanka seminar in Washington DC - 14 April 2003
The reply by U.S. President George W. Bush, to the remarks of the newly appointed Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Devinda Subasinghe upon the occasion of the presentation of his Letter of Credence - 26 February 2003
Statement of Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States of America - Mr. Devinda R. Subasinghe at the presentation of Credentials to President George W. Bush - 26 February 2003
Remarks by Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State at Center for Strategic and International Studies on "Sri Lanka: Prospects for Peace" - 14 February 2003
Statement Contributed by Milinda Moragoda Minister For Economic Reform, Science and Technology and Deputy Minister of Policy Development and Implementation of Sri Lanka at a Seminar on Sri Lanka Organised by The Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC read by Ambassador Devinda R. Subasinghe - 14 February 2003
Hon Prime Minister's speech at the 57th United Nations General Assembly, New York, USA -
18 September 2002
Speech by the Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC, USA - 23 July 2002
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