Sri Lanka, Aug. 26 -- Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Sumith Dassanayake, addressing the Conference on Disarmament recently, reiterated Sri Lanka's long-standing position that outer space is the common heritage of humankind and must be preserved exclusively for peaceful purposes.News

He stated that Sri Lanka firmly rejected any strategic doctrine seeking to turn outer space into a war fighting domain or battlefield for geopolitical rivalry, stressing that all space activities must adhere to the UN Charter and the Outer Space Treaty.

Highlighting key outcomes of recent multi-lateral deliberations on outer space disarmament, Sri Lanka emphasised that while voluntary Transparency and Confid...