Consideration of the Fifth Periodic Report of Sri Lanka under the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) took place at the 61st Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, held at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, on 8-9 June 2017. Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva led the Sri Lanka delegation and introduced the report.
The Sri Lanka delegation to the review included Mr. R.P.A. Wimalaweera, Commissioner General of Labour, Mr. Nerin Pulle, Deputy Solicitor General, Attorney-General’s Department, Mrs. Samantha Jayasuriya, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Geneva, Mrs. Swarna Sumanasekera, Chairperson of the National Committee on Women, Dr. Mrs. Yuthika Indraratna, Director/Economic Research, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Mr. Gehan Gunatilleke, Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Shashika Somaratne, Counsellor, Mrs. Mafusa Lafir, First Secretary and Ms. Dulmini Dahanayake, Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in Geneva and Ms. Rajmi Manatunga, Asst. Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka
Geneva
09th June 2017
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