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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 07.19 GMT |
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UN
Under-Secretary General visits SL |
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The
United
Nations
Under
Secretary
General
for
Political
Affairs,
Lynn
Pascoe
is to
visit
Sri
Lanka
today,
Sep. 16.
During
his
visit,
Mr.
Pascoe
will
call on
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
and also
will
hold
discussions
with a
number
of
Ministers
and
senior
representatives
dealing
with
matters
related
to
ongoing
progress
on
post-conflict
issues
such as
humanitarian
assistance,
resettlement
of IDPs
and the
political
process.
He is
also
expected
to visit
the IDP
sites in
the
North.
The
government
looks
forward
to the
widest
possible
engagements
during
this
visit,
coincides
with the
Foreign
Minister’s
scheduled
visit to
New York
in
September
this
year to
attend
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly
session.
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