Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2016-12-20

Declaration of a National Integration and Reconciliation Week from 8th-14th January 2017

- The proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of National Integration and Reconciliation, to declare, 'the National Integration and Reconciliation Week' every year from 8th-14th January 2017, with a view to laying the foundation for promoting a nation building effort for a united, strong, reconciled and prosperous nation and to implement various programmes focussing on all schools in the island, the media and public and private institutions to co-inside with the Reconciliation Week from the year 2017, highlighting the importance of National Integration, was approved by the Cabinet.