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Bulathsinghalage Sirisena Cooray, JP (25 April 1931 – 30 November 2021) was a Sri Lankan politician. His political career: He was the Mayor of Colombo 1979 - 1989. In 1989 and was elected from Colombo to Parliament in the 9th parliamentary election in 1989. He was appointed Minister of Housing and Construction in the Premadasa cabinet.
At least 134 Sri Lankan soldiers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti were accused of sexually abusing nine Haitian children from 2004 to 2007. [4] [5] In 2016, the Sri Lankan government decided to make a one-time ex-gratia payment to a victim and child born as a result of sexual exploitation and abuse, which was praised by the UN ...
The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC) is an office of the United Nations Secretariat tasked with serving the United Nations' spokesperson and political advocate on conflict-related sexual violence, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG-SVC).
UN troops in the Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Central African Republic have been accused of sexual abuse of women, men, and often children. [8]After a process concluding in 2005, UN employees were accused of sexual abuse of a "significant number" of women and girls, many under 18 and some as young as 13, in the DRC. [9]
Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, [3] Griffiths was educated at Leighton Park School and the University of Sussex. He holds a Master's degree in Southeast Asian Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and is a qualified barrister. [4] He speaks French and English. [5]
As co-chair of the Permanent Standing Committee on Human Rights in Sri Lanka, Samarasinghe works in close cooperation with several UN Organisations including the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and International Labour Organization, as well as other ...
In 1996, Haque joined UNICEF Bangladesh. [3] In 2006, Haque was working in UNICEF Sri Lanka. [4] Haque served as the Deputy UNICEF representative in Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2013. [3] From 2007 to 2010, Haque served as the UNICEF representative in Ghana. [3] Haque served as the UNICEF representative in South Sudan from 2010 to 2013. [3]
Militant use of children in Sri Lanka has been an internationally recognized problem since the inception of the Sri Lankan civil war in 1983. The primary recruiters of under the age of 18 children are the rebel LTTE movement and the Karuna group , a break-away faction of the LTTE working with Sri Lanka Forces .