Shadowing Tharaka – aka the Protocol Czar – for most of Day 1 of Conference meant that the MUN highlight of the...
Even if all else fails the functional online point system, the mod caucus app & the new popularity contest will win the...
“I was scared to answer earlier. Now I have no fear" - the highlights of the NYMUN'17 workshop in Beruwala on a...
Suddenly it seems to have quit trying to make everyone happy. But can it sustain its momentum or will it just be...
Setting the Context Model UN has seen a rapid growth over the past few years in Sri Lanka, with more students venturing...
Setting the Context The Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM) released the Consultation Task Force (CTF) final report on reconciliation mechanisms. The...
Education should be the right of all humans irrespective of their background, regardless if it's “free” or paid for.
Sri Lanka improves its rank on the 2016 Global Terrorism Index, but further progress needs to be made.
Lessons learnt from other states must be applied in a unique manner that fits the Sri Lankan context. One size doesn't fit...
When you look at someone and you see not the individual, but their race, there is an issue. The individual is "just...
Data said he couldn't win. But the lose of dignity felt by the American workers, meant that a populist wave beat the...
Sri Lanka's Communalism - pride of one's ethnic/religious community - has been derided, but that carries costs for reconciliation
The election of Donald Trump has set a dangerous precedent for all democratic governments. How will his election affect Australia?
Triumphant Trump trumps over Clinton in Historical U.S Presidential Election Donald J Trump – President Elect and soon to be the 45th...
This article draws two scary parallels between the recent US elections and two national elections in Sri Lanka.
The past few years have proved not just a legal, but also a social necessity to improve the legal definition of rape...
It might be the biggest change to the money system since banks sprang up. But such a revolution could be for greater...
I'll start off saying this article may be slightly biased; because I'm writing this from the balcony of my guesthouse in Mirissa,...
There are and have been quite a number of powerful female politicians worldwide. She just helps USA catch up with the rest.
The APAN forum ended on the 19th of Oct, & a few days really allows one to take stock of the actual...
The issue of ‘damages and losses’, a concern rarely highlighted when discussing climate change, was put forward early on at the conference....
A pattern which we were able to identify through every policy proposal was the lack of comprehensive guidelines on achieving the proposals....
It’s time for the annual SRC elections! The time were you get to have a two minute conversation with a party who...
Ethnocultural Policies can seem relevant to many of us, studying at UNSW. I have met many new people from various backgrounds since...
The opening session on living under 2˚C” was most encouragingly a very frank discussion of the realities of climate change.
Education Today we will conduct an in-depth analysis of the education policies presented by Activate, Ignite and Left Action, three student groups at...
Proposals to elevate Women’s Wellbeing for 2017, was released in preparation of the upcoming SRC election. These policies have long been overshadowed...
UNEP & GoSL are organising the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo starting today. But most of us didn't...
Trimester vs. Semester talk has been buzzing around UNSW for the past few weeks, yet very few members of the student body...
Once again it’s the annual election to the Student Representative Council at UNSW. The prominent tickets running for office this year round...
Wondered what's all the talk about bitcoins and who one Earth started it? Or why it matters to us anyway? Here's a...
The 2016 Economic Freedom Report provides a flashback into Sri Lanka's economy in 2014 & a chance to compare it with the...
There's lots to do & see inside the Galle Fort, and I sure hope this post will convince you to add Galle...
International intervention in prosecuting domestic war crimes has been a controversial issue. But, Guatemala seems to have found the right balance.
Our Society of Fear finds fewer & fewer reasons to be optimistic about the near future. What will this pessimism lead to?
From photo journalists to musicians, artists at The Hague Talks shared their experiences of peace from the six senses.
Buddhi tries to clear the haze of the social media scandal & analyses the real issues at his Alma mater that has...
The plural sector is to consist of organizations that are neither State-owned nor privately invested. Sounds absurd? They do exist.
Ragging! Is it a subculture? Is it simply a one off event ? Or is it a result of politics? Natasha explores.
Jews run Islamic terrorists cells & Malala is a CIA agent - just a few ridiculous things being purported by popular hate.
It's great to see the UN accepting its failures. But when it comes at the expense of the Sri Lankan common man's...
With tourist arrivals bound to hit 2 million this year and BIA being a growing transit point, this ranking is not good...
Consumer education, electronic fines payment, micro-finance, demographic data, bacterial research are all tools that come in handy. But we've ignored them.
Sources have approached our IntCa UNSW team to disclose a perspective that turns the media induced case on its head - a...
An unbiased review of the Green party decision to block the same sex plebiscite in the Australian Senate. What does this mean...
National Media reported Mr. Tittawella to be the inaugural Secretary of the OMP citing Minister Rajitha's statement. The SCRM bluntly says NO.
The Closing ceremony featured Ms Rosie Senanayake and Dr. Ranjit Cabral. But to the delegates the Award Winners were the stars of...
It has been a symbol of the return of democracy and political freedoms to Sri Lanka. But despite the promises given, its...
3As and the Z score are all that determine becoming a Sri Lankan Medical Student? Anyone else fails to be deserving enough?
Do you recall the last time you set foot into the Dehiwala National Zoo? Some of us would nod in agreement, whilst...
Yes there were issues, but lets look at the positives & possible reforms for 2017. All this social media drama is making...
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