UNESCAP honours Minister Devananda

COLOMBO: Social Services and Social Welfare Ministe Douglas Devananda has been accorded with the highest order of honour by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP) as a mark of appreciation of his unstinted commitment towards the cause of persons with disabilities.

After having duly recommended the policy formulations, and taking into consideration the commitment to the persons with disabilities, during a comparatively short spell of time, Minister Devananda took over the portfolio of the Social Services and Social Welfare Ministry.

As mark of appreciation the Asia Pacific Development Centre on Disability (APCD) has extended an invitation to Minister Devananda, to chair a high level inter-governmental conference for mid-point reviewing of the policy declaration for a 10 year period of the persons with disabilities in the Asian and Pacific countries.