Sri Lanka, Nov. 11 -- Sri Lanka became a UN member in 1955 and since then the country has been engaged in treaties, conventions and programmes of the UN on promoting and supporting disarmament, human security and climate change. The subjects of disarmament, human security and climate change are interconnected in today's world and can be measured through several means and these include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sri Lanka as a neutral nation follows a Non-aligned Foreign Policy and is supportive of world peace making it easier to take leadership in international diplomacy particularly in disarmament and human security sectors. Post-war Sri Lanka's accession to the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT), Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) ...