Sri Lanka (SL) has become the butt of a joke and ridicule of everyone the world over because of the unwarranted Jumbo size of the Sri Lanka delegation to New York for the 65th session s of the UN assembly led by President Mahinda Rajapakse.
The President who is leading this massive delegation this time as usual is comprised of nearly 130 members !!. The expenditure to cover this jumbo tour is Rs. 140 million !, according to reports.
Although the President is taking such a large crowd with him , at any session of the assembly , a State leader receives only five tickets for entrance . It is learnt that the SL office in UN is therefore busy collecting tickets from countries which are attending the sessions with fewer members than the quota. Even the delegation of Britain comprises only 15 members though it is such a large country relatively . It is little wonder therefore, according to Embassy sources in New York , that the Jumbo delegation of SL , which is such a small country ,is frowned at and looked down with ridicule by other countries around the world.
The President who is leading this massive delegation this time as usual is comprised of nearly 130 members !!. The expenditure to cover this jumbo tour is Rs. 140 million !, according to reports.
Although the President is taking such a large crowd with him , at any session of the assembly , a State leader receives only five tickets for entrance . It is learnt that the SL office in UN is therefore busy collecting tickets from countries which are attending the sessions with fewer members than the quota. Even the delegation of Britain comprises only 15 members though it is such a large country relatively . It is little wonder therefore, according to Embassy sources in New York , that the Jumbo delegation of SL , which is such a small country ,is frowned at and looked down with ridicule by other countries around the world.
