Healing wounds greatest challenge

*Int’l humanitarian law inadequate to meet contemporary needs

*International support welcome

* Process should be home grown

*Sri Lanka disapproves and condemns unilateral embargoes

Sri Lanka recognizes the challenges we face, among the greatest of which is healing the wounds of the recent past, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the 64th United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday.

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Now 18th Amendment is law

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa announced in Parliament yesterday that he has certified the 18th Amendment to the Constitution Bill. Therefore, the provisions of the 18th Amendment have become law with effect from yesterday.

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Batty hails 13th Amendment

Former Justice Minister Batty Weerakoon yesterday said the draft of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution had to be put into the basket as the Tamil parties were not ready to discuss it.

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