Sri Lanka, March 2 -- Discrimination is treating one person or a group worse than others. One should realise and accept the fact that it is not justifiable to treat one person or a group of persons as worse or inferior than another, as everyone has equal rights for liberty, equality and fraternity in the face of law. Hence, no one or any group should be discriminated against on any grounds.

The United Nations first celebrated the Zero Discrimination Day on March 01, 2014. The UNAIDS, an UN programme on human Immune deficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was launched on its Zero Discrimination campaign on world's AIDS Day in December 01, 2013.

The cause was the need to raise awareness about equality and in...