3. General objects of

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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 ;

to conduct research for the purpose of achieving the object of national unity ;

to publish educational and informative material, and to make films, videos and recordings, to promote national unity ;

to train persons engaged in activities which are in furtherance of national unity by conducting seminars, discussions and workshops ;

to commemorate or honour outstanding persons or institutions who have contributed towards national unity, by the grant of awards, prizes, scholarships and fellowships ;

to establish libraries, archives and centres to preserve and to protect the cultural heritage of all the communities in Sri Lanka ;

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 ;

to provide assistance, by way of scholarships, loans, advances, and grants, to deserving students to pursue studies and research, in Sri Lanka and abroad ;

to promote group discussions, dialogues, and meetings to monitor and eliminate racial or communal discrimination in media reporting ; and 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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(Incorporation) Act, No. 17 of 2000