Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath has set out Sri Lanka's positions on climate change, Gaza, international debt and multilateral reform in the country's national statement to the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Herath said countries that had contributed least to global emissions continued to face severe consequences from climate change and called for climate justice to become an urgent international priority.
He said Sri Lanka remained committed to achieving 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.
On Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, Herath called for humanitarian assistance to reach civilians without obstruction and reaffirmed Sri Lanka's support for an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel within pre-1967 borders.
On economic policy, he said Sri Lanka had restored a degree of macroeconomic stability following the 2022 crisis but remained vulnerable to debt and external shocks.
He called for reform of the international financial system and fairer arrangements for debt and development finance, particularly for vulnerable developing economies.
These statements represent the Sri Lankan Government's foreign-policy positions. They should not be presented as findings by the United Nations or as positions universally accepted by UN member states.