September 27, 2019

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[....]

September 24, 2019

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[....]

September 16, 2019

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[....]

September 11, 2019

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[....]

September 06, 2019

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[....]

September 03, 2019

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[....]