50 years of Sri Lanka in the United Nations

Immediately after gaining independence in February 1948 Sri Lanka, then "Ceylon" applied for membership in the United Nations. Applications from 16 countries including Sri Lanka got blocked at the U.N. Security Council due to the veto power used by the USSR.

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One year after, all's not lost for them

Inoka - a 12-year-old girl attending the Primary School of Tangalle - gazes sadly at the sky as she meets visitors from Colombo - in her temporary shelter. The December 26 tsunami last year washed away all her cherished dreams. Her house was located just a few metres away from the sea.

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Outside the United Nations General Assembly building in New York, the Ceylon national flag is hoisted for the first time while a Ceylonese official stands beside it and a hurriedly gathered team led by Annesley de Silva, Ceylon Trade Commissioner in New York, took their seats in the General Assembly building behind the name board marked ‘Ceylon” on 14 December, 1955 (A United Nations Photo lent by the United Nations Association of Sri Lanka).


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