Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka handed over 17 pieces of critical equipment to strengthen the DNA laboratory of the Government Analyst Department, including an RT PCR machine, a PCR system, and a Crime Lite Serology Kit, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the laboratory where evidence relating to SGBV and other crimes is concerned.

This initiative was a part of UNDP's "Ensuring Justice for Victim Survivors of SGBV in Sri Lanka" project funded by the Government of Canada and jointly implemented by UNFPA Sri Lanka.

The equipment was handed over by = Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative of UNDP in Sri Lanka, to Kamani Perera, Government Analyst, in the presence of Harshana N...