President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday. REUTERS

President in Address to UN General Assembly :

My Government has got a clear mandate for peace

From Manjula Fernando in New York

"My Government has obtained a clear mandate at numerous elections to end the war and to bring about a negotiated settlement of the conflict that would satisfy all the people of Sri Lanka founded on democracy, respect for human rights, a pluralist polity and good governance, said President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in her Address to the 59th United Nations General Assembly Sessions at the UN Headquarters in New York yesterday.
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Peace through dialogue, not war - President

From Manjula Fernando in New York

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga assured that the Government will continue to pursue a lasting solution to the ethnic strife but expressed that peace is more than the "simple absence of war."
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