Urban resilience, an increasingly important concept
Speech delivered by the Defence Ministry
Secretary at the workshop on Urban Resilience organised by the
United Nations Human Settlements program at the Waters Edge Hotel in
Battaramulla recently. Urban Resilience is becoming an increasingly
important concept in the present era. It entails the ability of
cities to prepare for,
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US invasion of Iraq killed 1.5m people
The UN Human Rights Council sessions are in
progress. The US, the world’s champion of human rights, rule of law
and the living example of righteousness has through its delegation
noted with concern the failure by the international community to act
in Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur,
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Pillay acted to the whims of Western forces
Over the years the United Nations Human Rights
Council (UNHRC) was made a safe haven for anti-Sri Lankan elements,
especially a few Western godfathers and the LTTE rump, which had
been conspiring against the legitimate Government during the time of
its chief Navi Pillay.
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