Poland, Baltics say they need to protect their borders Finland may follow their lead Comes as Ukraine and Russia may agree ceasefire 1997 landmine ban was global disarmament landmark Red Cross ...

The First World War had ended several years earlier. But the political rumblings in Europe, particularly with the rise of Hitler and increasing drum beats of Nazism, suggested that more was likely to ...

Not every tourist who visits the country can exhibit in-depth academic understanding of Sri Lanka’s culture and the Kandyan dance, or be able to sing a song from a renowned Sinhala drama. The ...

With the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom, the Kandyan Convention, ceremonially signed on March 10, 1815, completed the annexation of the island to the British Empire. This brought an end to the rule ...

The Kandyan Convention was held on March 2, 1815 two hundred years ago. This convention or the Kandyan Treaty, was the instrument which ceded the Kingdom of Kandy to the British government thus ending ...

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance holds the unique distinction of being the first modern treaty between nations aimed at conserving natural resources. The signing of the ...

The Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (CETS No. 205), also known as the Tromsø Convention, entered into force on 1 December 2020. It has 16 Parties: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia ...

The aim of the Council of Europe Landscape Convention, ratified to date by 40 member States, is the protection, management and planning of the landscape, with reference to the entire territory of the ...

Much has been said and written about the Kandyan Convention of 1815 whereby the Kandyan Kingdom was ceded to the British. Historians and writers have over the years interpreted the events that led to ...