Thilanga attends PGA Committee meeting

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) 3rd Preparatory Committee on the Arms Trade Treaty will be held at the United Nations (UN) head quarters at New York.

The third session of the preparatory committee for the UN conference on Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) will meet at the United Nation Headquarters in New York City from July 11-15, 2011.

The purpose Of the PrepCom is to make recommendation on the elements that would be needed to attain an effective and balanced legally binding instrument on the highest possible common international standards for the transfer of conventional arms. Thilanga Sumathipala MP representing Sri Lanka was scheduled to address the committee yesterday on the topic "Legislators and the Arms Trade Treaty: A vital role" at the UN Headquarters hosted by PGA.

Dr. Ruth Wijdenbosch and Acting President of PGA and Shaziaz Rafi, Secretary-General of PGA will also address the gathering. Those forwarding individual presentations would be Thilanga Sumathipala, MP (Sri Lanka), E.M.S. Natchiappan MP (India), Mark Pritchard MP (United Kingdom), Dr.Ruth Wijdenbosch, MP (Suriname), Senator Juan Mario Laserna (Colombia), Margareta Cederfelt, MP (Sweden), Control Arms Representative Jeff Abrahams, Oxfam Representative and Luis Alberto Cordero (Executive Director, Oscar Arias Foundation).