Please join us on the 4th of October,2020 as we discuss topics pertaning to UN, UK, Canada and his book “Sri Lanka”.
Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby, was born on 25th November 1936 and is a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the riding of Northampton South. he has been a voice for Sri Lankans in the UK parliament and has appeared in numerous tv, radio and in print media on the situation in Sri Lanka.
He is expected to speak on “Global Oration – A side-event to the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council – The high-level event is dedicated to discussing the Resolution 30/1, it’s legality and how to stop its adverse effects on peace and development in Sri Lanka.”. He will also discuss the Ontario Bill 104.
He is also expected to speak on his book “Sri Lanka”
Panelists;
Rt. Hon Lord Naseby PC, Member of the House of Lords ,UK,
Dr. Neville Hewage – Ontario Centre for Policy Research, Canada
Jayaraj Palihawadana -, Solicitor , London Initiative & GSLF UK ,
Webinar organized by – London Initiative
In collaboration with;
Global Sri Lankan Forum UK
GSLF Global Excom
Ontario Center for Policy Research
Sri Lankan Canadian Action Coalition
Times in different zones
UK – 04.00 pm
Sri Lanka – 08.30 pm
UAE – 07.00 pm
Canada /US EST – 11.00 am
Geneva/ Central Europe – 05.00 pm
Webinar registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XoEwL09QQpShbDX54lsd3A?fbclid=IwAR2Fd3NSqpXJrmlhAYPLPmrdPc3kpMlkDGumWn3MvR7FUwt9rt_kYxtgyb8
SRI LANKA
Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained
Michael Naseby
The Rt Hon. the Lord Naseby PC
978-1-912690-74-9
Hardback 224 pages 234 x 156 mm
February 2020 £20.00
Marco Polo in 1298 described ‘Seyllan’ as the most beautiful island of its size in the world.The Greeks and Romans praised ‘Taprobane’ and 18th century travellers praised ‘Serendip’ from which name comes the word serendipity – the luck of the unexpected.So it was for Lord Naseby, then plain Michael Morris working in challenging Calcutta, to be told one Monday morning on 10 May 1963 that he must go urgently to Colombo, Ceylon to handle a crisis.
This book is a celebration of Lord Naseby’s subsequent unique involvement with Sri Lanka,its people and its politics over the last fifty years. During that time he has visited the island at least 20 times. He has been an official observer at a number of Presidential and General Elections, witnessed the opening of the Victoria Dam as an official guest, supported the Sri Lanka Government and people through a near-thirty year civil war and was deeply involved in the UK’s aid response to the devastating Tsunami of 2004. Indeed a year later the President of Sri Lanka presented him with the nation’s highest award for non- nationals, the Sri Lanka Ratna (Titular).
Sri Lanka: Paradise Lost; Paradise Regained is a powerful memoir of one man’s very special relationship with a beautiful island and its people, his recollections from fifty years of a unique friendship between a British politician and the people of Sri Lanka.
Michael Naseby, The Rt. Hon the Lord Naseby of Sandy, PC was the Conservative MP forNorthampton South from 1974-1997, since when as a life peer he has been an active member of the House of Lords. His interest in the Indian subcontinent in general, and Sri Lanka in particular, came from his time pre-politics as a South Asia Marketing Manager for Reckitt & Colman. Once in Westminster he started the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka and has been an active supporter of it ever since: now its President. A frequent visitor to the country, he maintains excellent links to the politics and politicians of Sri Lanka to this day.
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