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Bakeer Markar Centre For National Unity (Incorporation) Act (No. 17 of 2000) - Sect 3

Genera! objects of Corporation

3. The General objects for which the Corporation is the constituted are hereby declared to be "
(a) to promote, encourage, assist and foster, activities for the advancement of national unity, inter communal amity, racial and religious harmony, goodwill and peace amongst people ;
(b) to conduct research for the purpose of achieving the object of national unity ;
(c) to publish educational and informative material, and to make films, videos and recordings, to promote national unity ;
(d) to train persons engaged in activities which are in furtherance of national unity by conducting seminars, discussions and workshops ;
(e) to commemorate or honour outstanding persons or institutions who have contributed towards national unity, by the gram of awards, prizes, scholarships and fellowships ;
(f) to establish libraries, archives and centres to preserve and to protect the cultural heritage of all the communities in Sri Lanka ;
(g) to establish a research centre and a museum to house in particular, the works, speeches and other evidence of events relating to the life of the late Al-Haj Bakeer Markar ;
(h) to provide assistance, by way of scholarships, loans, advances, and grants, to deserving students to pursue studies and research, in Sri Lanka and abroad ;
(i) to promote group discussions, dialogues, and meetings to monitor and eliminate racial or communal discrimination in media reporting ; and
(j) to carry out such other acts as are necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, the attainment of the aforesaid objects.


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