A seminar was organised at the Hotel Galadari in association with the Bar Association of Sri Lanka on the theme of nuclear weapons. It was an interdisciplinary seminar conveying both legal and scientific information and was addressed on legal aspects by Judge Weeramantry and Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala the Former
Under Secretary General for Disarmament of the United Nations and on the scientific aspects by Professor Osmund Jayaratne retired professor of Physics and former President of the Colombo
campus and Dr. Rosa a specialist in nuclear physics. The interest of the occasion was heightened by a donation of posters and films by the Mayor of Hiroshima. It was attended by over two hundred
persons from all walks of life. An attractive booklet on the Conference proceedings has being prepared for world wide circulation.
