The Charter of the United Nations

Sixty-seven years ago, the Charter of the United Nations was signed. That was on June 26, 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The Charter came into force on October 24, 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral part of the Charter. There are many who believe that if the drafting of the Charter were to be conducted today no consensus agreement would be reached on it.

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World Anti-Drugs Day:

Hard drug abuse - the need for preventive action

The year 2012 has upgraded our country as a demanding country of every known narcotic drug produced/cultivated in our country and produced in the drug supplying countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Thailand and Mexico. In the days gone by, in the 1950s and 1960s, the only narcotic drugs detected by the Police and demanded by the drug dependents were Cannabis, Ganja grown in our own country and Opium, which was smuggled from India. During this period the Galle Face Green was a popular gathering place for tourists, pimps, prostitutes etc.

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Sustainable Development through Compatible Development

It is argued that Sustainable Development can be achieved on real ground through the achievement of Compatible Development in countries. Compatibility is where things are matched and integrated in the development processes with less adverse impacts to the environment. This is achievable through techno-economic and scientific methods pertaining to logical and rational decision making process in spatial development planning. Accordingly Compatible Development is in the domain of integrated spatial planning. This approach ensures the needs of Compatible Development which marches aspects of physical and technical feasibility, economic viability, social acceptability and environmental compatibility.

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Felix Dias Bandaranaike’s 26th death anniversary

Excerpts from the book FDB:

The family physician stood at the top of the staircase at ‘Granta’ and announced to the anxious relatives assembled below: “Mrs Dias has just given birth to a fine baby boy weighing a little over thirteen pounds.” “Good Lord!” exclaimed our grandfather. “A Mighty Atom!” That was how Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike (Jnr.) joined the family at 1st lane, Colpetty (now Mahanuge Gardens).

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