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 with the UN Disarmament treaties and way forward.
Last December, FDD sent a letter to the President advocating the ratification, accession or engagement with Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and UN Programme on Illicit Small Arms (UN PoA). The FDD presented publications on "Why Post-War Sri Lanka Should Accede to the ATT", "Why Sri Lanka Should Accede to the TPNW" and "Why Sri Lanka Should Ratify the CTBT."
The MFA thanked the FDD for its continuous engagement with the Ministry.
