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Sri Lanka is a [[nation state]] in [[South Asia]]. | Sri Lanka is a [[nation state]] in [[South Asia]]. | ||
| − | Suffering a spate of kidney disease widely attributed to [[glyphosate]], | + | Suffering a spate of kidney disease widely attributed to [[glyphosate]], Sri Lanka banned it in May 2015.<ref>http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15B/May22_1432308620CH.php</ref> |
{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Revision as of 07:31, 14 May 2017
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| Location | South Asia, Asia |
| Type |  nation state |
| Member of | Commonwealth of Nations, UN |
| Subpage | •Sri Lanka/Finance Minister •Sri Lanka/Foreign Minister •Sri Lanka/President •Sri Lanka/Prime Minister |
Sri Lanka is a nation state in South Asia.
Suffering a spate of kidney disease widely attributed to glyphosate, Sri Lanka banned it in May 2015.[1]
Contents
Citizens of Sri Lanka on Wikispooks
| Title | Born | Died | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asanga Abeyagoonasekera | 21 August 1977 | founding director general of the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka. Selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012. | |
| Mangala Samaraweera | 21 April 1956 | 24 August 2021 | The finance minister of Sri Lanka until just before COVID. He later died of the disease despite being vaccinated. |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | Became President of Sri Lanka in 2022 |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandung Conference | 1955 | 1955 | Indonesia | Important conference for the global south; participants soon became prime targets for US foreign policy |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:UK PM Covers Up Crimes Against Humanity – Lectures Sri Lanka on Crimes Against Humanity | article | 19 November 2013 | Felicity Arbuthnot | A juxtaposition of the sanctimonious posturing of UK PM David Cameron at the opening of the Commonwealth heads of government conference over Sri Lanka's human rights record, with his own machinations to prevent the Chilcot Inquiry publishing papers fundamental to the understanding of how Blair and Bush engineered the Iraq war. |
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