Pledging Sri Lanka’s commitment to the global effort against terrorism, President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday expressed the belief that substantial progress could be made on the draft Comprehensive Convention of International Terrorism and the draft Convention on Nuclear Terrorism. This was at the 59th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
"Terrorism in all its manifestations must be condemned and fought relentlessly and globally. While no cause justifies terror unleashed upon the innocent, such outrages must make us redouble our efforts to address their root causes and seek political and socio-economic explanations and solutions to them. We are currently engaged in this task in Sri Lanka."
(http://www.island.lk/2004/09/23/news13.html)
