March 04, 2025

FDD participates in National Steering Committee Meeting on Mine Action

After several years, last week, the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) convened the National Steering Committee Meeting on Mine Action. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Ranjith Ariyaratne, Secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing, with Mr. M.M. Nayeemudeen, Additional Secretary[....]

March 03, 2025

SLCBL participates in Asia Regional Youth Seminar on Disarmament

Last week, Mines Action Canada organized the Asia Regional Youth Seminar on Humanitarian Disarmament in Bangkok, Thailand. The Youth Coordinator of the Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines was a part of the facilitating team alongside MAC. The Seminar brought together young activists from Nepal, Thailand,[....]

November 19, 2024

Latest Article Highlights the Need for Prohibition and Regulation of Autonomous Weapons

 "As the integration of automation in weaponry increases and the use of artificial intelligence in the military domain grows in popularity, the need for the prohibition and regulation of autonomous weapons only grows in urgency." Yanitra Kumaraguru, Coordinator for the Sri Lanka Campaign to Stop[....]

October 08, 2024

Meeting on Victim Assistance Needs Assessment

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is currently working on surveying and collecting data on explosive ordnance victims, in line with Article 7 of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention[....]

August 25, 2024

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) celebrates its 10th Anniversary

This week (19 Aug-23Aug), the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) celebrated its 10th anniversary at the 10th Conference of States Parties (CSP) to the ATT at Centre International de Conférences,[....]

July 31, 2024

FDD meets UN Advisor on Peace and Development in Sri Lanka

Yesterday, the Forum on Disarmament and Development met the Peace and Development Advisor to the United Nations in Sri Lanka—Mr. Patrick Mc Carthy at the United Nations Office in[....]

July 23, 2024

Training of Trainers Workshop by the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Secretariat in Geneva

The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Secretariat in Geneva conducted a "Train the Trainers" workshop in Bangkok, Thailand from the 8th to the 12th of July, 2024.The workshop was attended by[....]

May 31, 2024

This week, the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC)'s Victim Assistance (VA) experts were invited by the Government of Sri Lanka to[....]

September 19, 2023

FDD Welcomes Sri Lanka's Accession to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

 Sri Lanka acceded to the TPNW during the ongoing 78th UN General  Assembly at the UN Headquarters   in New York on the 19th September, 2023. Foreign Minister[....]

March 31, 2023

Launch of the Sri Lanka National Mine Action Completion Strategy

The Sri Lanka National Mine Action Completion Strategy was launched on the 30th of March, at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo. The attendees at the launch event included officials[....]

March 15, 2023

SLCBL launched Sri Lanka’s section of Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor 2022 in the Local Languages

Today, the Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL) met the Director of the National Mine Action Center (NMAC) of Sri Lanka and Secretary to the Ministry of Urban Development and[....]

February 10, 2023

FDD Meets with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

The Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) had a discussion with the Director General of United Nations and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on engagement[....]

December 17, 2022

SLCBL Congratulates ICBL, APMBC and Commends The Work of The HALO and MAG in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL) congratulates the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) on their 30th and[....]

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