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Website. un .int /srilanka. The Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations is Sri Lanka 's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations, and in charge of the country's mission to the UN. The position of Permanent Representative is equivalent in rank to an Ambassador, and entitles them to use the style His/Her ...
The UNA-Sri Lanka, as a grassroots membership organisation, has a large network of volunteer-run branches which give individuals across Sri Lanka a chance to partake in UN activities. These range from speaker to fundraising events, these activities raise awareness and interest in the work of the United Nations at a local level across the ...
Mohan Peiris. Peter Mohan Maithree Peiris, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat. He served as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2011 and was the de facto Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 2013 to 2015 when President Maithripala Sirisena declared his appointment void ab initio in 2015. [1] [2] He has been serving as the Permanent ...
Visakha Vidyalaya. Known for. Human Rights Activism. Jayathma Wickramanayake (born 22 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan born international civil servant who currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. [1] Appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in June 2017, she succeeds Ahmad Alhendawi of ...
Don Stephen Senanayake. Formation. 24 September 1947. Website. www.mea.gov.lk. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka who is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy of the Government of Sri Lanka. The post was first created in 1947 as Minister of External Affairs and Defence, in 1977 the ...
The UN estimates that 100,000 people including 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed by Sri Lankan armed forces in the final stages of the conflict, but Mahinda Rajapaksa has never been convicted of ...
Awards. Deshamanya. Deshamanya Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 17 September 1953) [ 1 ] is a Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat and human rights advocate who served as an Under-Secretary General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict from 2006 to 2012. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed her to the position in April 2006. [ 2 ]
The Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka was a 2011 report produced by a panel of experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon to advise him on the issue of accountability with regard to any alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. [1]