Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein on official visit to Lanka

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Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein, Special Envoy for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from March 4-7, 2018.

The visit of the Special Envoy takes place in the wake of Sri Lanka becoming the 163rd State Party to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, having deposited the Instrument of Accession in December 2017

During his visit, Prince Mired is scheduled to call on the President and Prime Minister, and to meet with Secretaries to the Ministries of Defence and Resettlement, Commander of the Army, and officials in-charge of mine-clearance.

The visit also includes a field visit to a mine-clearance site in Muhamalai, Jaffna on the morning of Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

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