Sri Lanka – Peace and Prosperity, Democracy and Development H.E. Mr. Somasundaram Skandakumar, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Australia Wednesday 25 May, 2016: 6pm for 6.20pm – 7.30pm at Dyason House, 124 Jolimont Road, East Melbourne   On 9th July, AIIA’s forthcoming Study Tour departs for Sri Lanka. The tour offers a wonderful opportunity to experience the diversity of this multi-ethnic, multicultural, multi-religious and multi-lingual country, and during an exciting time of transition. In an historic election in January 2015, the people of Sri Lanka cast their votes for democracy, reconciliation and development, and for the first time in the country’s history, the two main political parties, opposed to each other since independence, have come together to win the peace once and for all. Significantly, the government has also embarked on the process of creating a new, truly democratic constitution that will reflect the needs and aspirations of ...