Government1 (Sri Lanka)
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       Parliament:
         last held 15 February 1989 (next to be held by NA February 1995); results -
         UNP 51%, SLFP 32%, SLMC 4%, TULF 3%, USA 3%, EROS 3%, MEP 1%, other 3%;
         seats - (225 total) UNP 125, SLFP 67, other 33
     Other political or pressure groups:
         Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and other smaller Tamil separatist
         groups; Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP or People's Liberation Front);
         Buddhist clergy; Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups; labor unions
     Member of:
         AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-24, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
         ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
         ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU,
         WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador W. Susanta De ALWIS; Chancery at 2148 Wyoming Avenue NW,
         Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 483-4025 through 4028; there is a Sri
         Lankan Consulate in New York
       US:
         Ambassador Marion V. CREEKMORE, Jr.; Embassy at 210 Galle Road, Colombo 3
         (mailing address is P. O. Box 106, Colombo); telephone [94] (1) 44180107,
         FAX [94] (1) 43-73-45
     Flag:
         yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical
         bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red
         rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf
         in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border that goes around the
         entire flag and extends between the two panels