The FDD requests the CMC to make the City of Colombo a Humane and Greener City in 2020.

The Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) requests the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) to make the City of Colombo accessible for the disabled community, elderly[....]

First Regional Meeting on Lethal and Autonomous Weapons (LAWS) Held in Pakistan.

The Sri Lanka Campaign to Stop Killer Robot's secretariat Forum on Disarmament and Development participated in the first Regional Meeting on Lethal and Autonomous Weapons (LAWS)[....]

The SLCBL launched a book and screened a documentary film on Sri Lanka's Mine Action in Oslo.

During the 4th Review Conference of the Anti-Personal Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) in Oslo, Norway on the 28th November 2019, the Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL)[....]

Major issues for Sri Lanka’s 7th Executive President

Major issues for Sri Lanka’s 7th Executive President.1. Peace and Disarmament2. Human Security &3. Climate Change.A statement by the Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD[....]

The FDD congratulate the Maldives accession to the NBT, CCM and ATT and Bangladesh accession to the NBT.

The Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) congratulate the governments of the Maldives on their accession to the Nuclear Ban Treaty (NBT) on 26th September  2019 and Convention[....]

Sri Lanka encourages to ratify the CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW).

The FDD advocates that the Government of Sri Lanka ratifies the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) on or before the 4th[....]

FDD sent a letter to the Prime Minister on the Abolition of the Executive Presidency

On the 30th August 2019, the Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) sent a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena on the abolition of the Executive Presidency before[....]

President Maithripala Sirisena replied himself to the letter sent by FDD on the abolition of the Executive Presidency

The Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) received a letter from President Maithripala Sirisena on 11th September 2019, concerning his views on abolition of the Executive Presidency[....]

FDD continues to encourage regional countries to become party to humanitarian disarmament conventions

During the 9th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) held in Geneva, the FDD met the Bangladesh and Maldives delegations with the CCM 2nd Review[....]

Sri Lanka is the President of 9th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)

For the first time Sri Lanka is a President of a UN humanitarian disarmament convention after the country became a member of the UN in 1955. Sri Lanka is the President of the 9th[....]

Abolishing the Executive Presidency

The Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) encourages President Maithripala Sirisena to abolish the Executive Presidency before 31st December 2019 and fulfill one of the major[....]

A petition to the Government of Sri Lanka regarding the garbage crisis

Sri Lanka is facing a garbage crisis in response to this emergency the Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) is urging the President and Government of Sri Lanka to resolve the[....]

AWS: A Discussion on the Implications of Killer Robots

The Sri Lanka Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (SLCSKR) concluded a successful discussion on the implications of killer robots today. The event was held at the Sri Lanka Foundation[....]

26th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Jaffna Science Association

The Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines (SLCBL) had the honour of delivering the Guest Lecture at the 26th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Jaffna Science Association, University[....]