Celebrating 20th anniversary of the Colombo Declaration
View(s):Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera, delegates from foreign media organisations, diplomats, journalists and friends of the media were present at the Cinnamon Grand for the formal inauguration of the International Symposium held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Colombo Declaration on Media Freedom and Social Responsibility. Pix by Amila Gamage
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP M.A. Sumanthiran, and head of the Sri Lanka College of Journalism Shan Wijethunge
Zehra Abid and Nafisa Hasanova
Zhao Ying and Lindsay Ross
Visiting delegates
Mr and Mrs. P. Balasingham
Sri Lanka Press Institute Chairman Kumar Nadesan
Live Ekeberg, a guest and Eva Stabell
Guests at the event
Staff of the Sri Lanka Press Institute
Press Complaints Commission CEO Sukumar Rockwood, Dieter Loraine and Toby Mendel