Sri Lanka, April 18 -- Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Sumith Dassanayake, has deposited the instrument of ratification of the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), with the Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Gilbert F. Houngbo.

In depositing the instrument of ratification, the Ambassador, stated: "I am pleased to announce that Sri Lanka ratified the ILO Convention No. 190 on the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work, which demonstrates the Government's commitment to respect, promote and realize the right of everyone to a world of work that is free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassme...