News stories by HMGS Palihakkara

  1. American-Israeli War on Iran Risks Fuelling the very Nuclear Proliferation it Claims to Prevent

    - Inter Press Service

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 28 (IPS) - As delegates from 191 countries, including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, gathered Monday at UN headquarters for a month of diplomacy at the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the stakes could hardly be higher.

  2. Will European Momentum Help Generate a Move to Recognize Palestine as a Sovereign State?

    - Inter Press Service

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jun 10 (IPS) - Since the eviction of Palestinians from their homeland pursuant to the controversial Balfour declaration of 1917, the quest for regaining Palestinian statehood has continued as a means towards lasting peace and security within and between Israel and Palestine.

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