The International Military Sport Council (CISM) Day Run was flagged off this morning (18 February 2020) at the Colombo Light House Galley. This years CISM Day run which was organized by the Sri Lanka Navy was flagged off by the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Major General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne. The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sumangala Dias participated for the run along with the Chief of Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana and members of the Air Force Board of Management. The Acting Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Commander of Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva also participated for the event. Over a hundred personnel from each service participated for ‘CISM Day Run’ which covered a distance of over 3 km.

The International Military Sport Council (CISM) was founded on the 18th of February 1948 and organizes various sporting events for the armed forces worldwide. CISM brings together military personnel from all its 133 member country nations, who may previously have met on the battle field enabling them to strengthen their friendship on the playing field.

This is in accordance with the philosophy and the ideals which were set in CISM’s mission statement in 1998, signed by all the member countries. The ultimate goal of CISM is to contribute to world peace by uniting armed forces through sports, achieving its motto, “Friendship through Sport”.