The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva was established in June 1965. The first Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Mr Rex Koelmeyer presented credentials on 23 June 1965.The present Ambassador/Permanent Representative H.E. Mr. Ravinatha Aryasinha presented credentials on 19 July 2012. The Mission functions as the Permanent delegation of Sri Lanka to all UN and other international organizations in Switzerland including the World Trade Organization. It also has concurrent accreditation as Sri Lanka s Embassy to the Holy See.The Mission represents Sri Lanka s national interests in various UN and other international organizations based in Switzerland. The Consulate General of Sri Lanka, housed in the Mission premises, provides various consular assistance to the approximately 35,000-strong Sri Lankan community in Switzerland. The Sri Lanka Embassy in Germany has concurrent accreditation to Switzerland.
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has expressed his disappointment at the inability of the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to reach consensus but welcomed the fact that the conference recognised the NPT as the "cornerstone" of the global disarmament and non-proliferation regime. Meanwhile more than 30 countries are establishing a Sustained Dialogue on expanding access to peaceful uses of nuclear technology.
Delegates to the 10th NPT Review Conference had the opportunity to interact with each other and with representatives from civil society on a number of key issues related to the Conference and its outcome.
Not long ago, the US, UK, and Australia established a trilateral security partnership dubbed AUKUS, under which the US and the UK will help Australia build nuclear-powered submarines. It is generally believed by the international community that by making the move, the three countries are risking the stability of the entire world to pursue their own interests.
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