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Sayurusara 2022 December 9

2. The Sri Lanka maritime domain
connects the world's nations with largest
1. Ratifying the United Nations
populations, ASEAN nations which fastest
Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),
growing economics, and nations with the
the Sri Lanka Government by default waisted
most natural resources. The great economic
responsibility to maintain a peaceful maritime
competition among these nations creates a
environment from the Territorial Sea up
huge demand which is transferred either by
to the Continental Shelf. The government’s
air or sea extends through the geographical
much of the responsibility is automatically
boundary of Sri Lanka. Hence protecting SLOC
transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN),
ensures the country as well as global peace,
which accordingly navy narrates it’s mission
stability, prosperity, and development.
statement as “To maintain, train and equip a
combat-ready naval force capable of achieving 3. Due to the country's strategic
National Security Objectives and safeguard Sri geopolitical position, we handle and sometime
Lanka’s Maritime Interests whilst nurturing only monitor other nations' logistics, starting
a stable environment at sea”. Therefore, SLN from their basic requirement to the strategic
put extensive efforts 24x7 to achieve this requirement. This may include nuclear and
extremely difficult task. The efforts are focused radiation material, and biological or chemical
on traditional and non-traditional threats in components, which are extremely harmful to
our maritime environment. However, our lack living organisms and their negative outcomes
of interest and prediction, cultural norms and may sustain for generations. Further, the
the non-traditional threats keep us always competitive economic environment within
delayed in response to the non-traditional the region has developed more strategic
threats which finally gives great damage to the ways of transferring the said materials and
maritime environment, the country's economy, components such as the use of commercial
and finally to the world economy. vessels for military purposes, the use of more
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