The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera
Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera stated that authorities have identified 15 chemicals posing high national security risks. He said 7 are regulated by the Controller of Explosives, one by the Registrar of Pesticides, and 7 previously unregulated chemicals will be placed under the oversight of the National Authority for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention under the Ministry of Defence.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, significant work has been done. We have identified 15 chemicals posing high national security risks; 7 are currently regulated by the Controller of Explosives, one by the Office of the Registrar of Pesticides, and 7 chemicals currently unregulated by any agency have been identified. It has been decided to assign oversight of those to the National Authority for the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention under the Ministry of Defence. Thus, we are attentively addressing risks posed by such chemicals to national security.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 18 February 2026 ·No. 23308 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) Aruna Jayasekera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 February 2026. No. 23308. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/20249