Laos is a member of the following international organizations: Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation ( ACCT ), Association of Southeast Asian NationsASEAN, ASEAN Free Trade Area ( AFTA ), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific ( ESCAP ), Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), Group of 77G-77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( World Bank ), International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ), International Development Association ( IDA ), International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ), International Finance Corporation ( IFC ), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Labour Organization ( ILO ), International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), Intelsat ( nonsignatory user ), Interpol, International Olympic Commission ( IOC ), International Telecommunication UnionITU, Mekong Group, Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ), Permanent Court of Arbitration ( PCA ), United Nations, United Nations Convention on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO ), Universal Postal Union ( UPU ), World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization ( WHO ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ), World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization ( observer ).

Nepal participates in a number of UN specialized agencies and is a member of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Colombo Plan, and the Asian Development Bank.

Economically, the Philippines is participant in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian Development Bank, the Colombo Plan, Group of 24, G-20, G-77, the World Bank, Next Eleven and the World Trade Organization ( WTO ).

After 1950 under the Colombo Plan some students and trainees received education in New Zealand.

* December – Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific ( CESDAP )

** Colombo Plan operations commence.

Consequently, in 1962 Bhutan joined the Colombo Plan for Cooperative, Economic, and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific known as the Colombo Plan, and in 1966 notified India of its desire to become a member of the United Nations ( UN ).

Bhutan joined the Colombo Plan in 1962, International Postal Union in 1969 and became a member of the United Nations in 1971.

Australia was one of the founders of both the United Nations and the South Pacific Commission ( 1947 ), and in 1950, it proposed the Colombo Plan to assist developing countries in Asia.

* Colombo Plan

The Colombo Plan is a regional organization that embodies the concept of collective inter-governmental effort to strengthen economic and social development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

The primary focus of all Colombo Plan activities is on human resources development.

Originally conceived as lasting for a period of six years, the Colombo Plan was extended several times until 1980, when it was extended indefinitely.

Initially it was called the Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in South and Southeast Asia.

When it adopted a new constitution in 1977, its name was changed to " The Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific " to reflect the expanded composition of its enhanced membership and the scope of its activities.

In the early years, Colombo Plan assistance from developed to developing countries comprised both transfer of physical capital and technology as well as a strong component of skills development.

Hence, while infrastructure by way of airports, roads, railways, dams, hospitals, fertilizer plants, cement factories, universities, and steel mills were constructed in member countries through Colombo Plan assistance, a large number of people were simultaneously trained to manage such infrastructure and the growing economies.

The Colombo Plan is not intended as an integrated master plan to which national plans were expected to conform.

The principal organs of the Colombo Plan are-the Consultative Committee, the Council and the Secretariat.

* The Consultative Committee ( CCM ), comprises all member governments and is the highest review and policy making body of the Colombo Plan.

Its biennial meetings provide a forum for the exchange of views on current development problems facing member countries and review the work of the Colombo Plan in economic and social development within the region.

* The Colombo Plan Council, comprises heads of diplomatic missions of member governments who are resident in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The crown, sceptre, sword and the of the throne last King of the Kingdom of Kandy, which was used by the Monarch of Ceylon until 1972 is currently housed in the National Museum of Colombo.

The organisation currently operates seventeen field offices ( in Abuja, Amman, Bishkek, Bogotá, Cairo, Colombo, Dakar, Dushanbe, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kabul, Kathmandu, Nairobi, Port-au-Prince, Pristina, Seoul and Tbilisi ), with analysts working in over 50 crisis-affected countries and territories across four continents.

There are 12 institutions currently using the facilities at the Colombo Rowing Club and the club extends all levels of support for the development of rowing.

Katunayake is currently served by the A3 highway from Colombo to Negombo.

Ramada International currently manages three hotels on Sri Lanka's western coast, under the " Ramada " name, including one in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.

Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama ( born 31 May 1966 in Colombo ) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and currently an ICC match referee.

The official residence and office of the Governor-General was the Queen's House ( currently the President's House ) in Colombo.

Road expansion has been futile and the consideration of over-head roads and Colombo Metro Skytrain line are currently underway to ease the problem.

* Japan has an embassy in Colombo.

According to the testimony of Colombo crime family contract killer Gregory S. Scarpa Jr., the cinematic version may have come closer to the truth than the official FBI story out of Washington, D. C. His story has been supported in several news accounts by unnamed FBI agents purported to have worked on the MIBURN case, as well as Scarpa's own FD-209 reports, which were released and made public after his death.

Scarpa has said that his father, Gregory Scarpa Sr., capo of the Colombo crime family and Top Echelon FBI informant, offered his services in the case to his FBI handler, Anthony Villano.

It has also been theorized that Gambino went so far as to organize the shooting of Joe Colombo, head of the Colombo crime family, on June 28, 1971.

A statue of him has been built in front of Colombo Fort Railway Station.

The Colombo Plan has 4 permanent programmes:

Over the years, while adhering to the concept of human resource development and South-South cooperation in addressing issues of economic and social development, the programme content of the Colombo Plan has been changing to take account of the needs of member countries in a fast changing world economic environment.

He has already accorded amnesty to Manuel Contreras, who was given a prison sentence in 2004 in the Operation Colombo trial.

Although Vesalius has been much maligned for correcting Galen, Colombo was the first person to criticize him for his own mistakes.

He publicly ridiculed Colombo, calling him an " Ignoramus " and stating that " what meager knowledge has of anatomy he learned from me " on a number of occasions.

The foundation of the National Youth Orchestra has helped increase interest and participation more widely in society and among young people outside Colombo.

Wallström has also worked as the CEO of a regional TV network in Sweden and before taking up her appointment as Commissioner she was the executive vice-president of Worldview Global Media in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

It has branches of the parent in Colombo, Dhaka, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tehran, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Male in the Maldives, Muscat, Dubai, New York, Osaka, Sydney, and Tokyo.

* Bhutan has an honorary consulate in Colombo.

Japan has an embassy in Colombo.

The Maldives first established a mission in Sri Lanka in July 1965, and today has a high commission in Colombo.

* The Czech Republic has a consulate in Colombo.

* The Holy See has a nunciature in Colombo.

It has overseas branches in Colombo, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and 229 correspondent banks in 69 countries.

It also has an around the clock call center at 0094 11 2204444 and an around the clock branch at its Colombo Office.

SLMM has its Headquarters in Colombo, and has six District Offices ( DO ) in the North and East: Mannar, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara and Vavuniya, as well as a Liaison Office in Kilinochchi.

This has happened in modern times with Giovanni Colombo in October 1978.