Accompanying the President are Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Management Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy Susil Premajayantha, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Dr. Palitha Kohona and Deputy Permanent Representative Maj. Gen. Shavendra Silva.
President Rajapaksa addressed the 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly. This is the seventh occasion he is addressing the UN General Assembly as the President of Sri Lanka.(KH)