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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 ...
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 Jordan, who served ...
Attorney-at-law. 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 ...
Colombo, Sri Lanka. Years active. 1997–current. Spouse. Sudath Talpahewa [ 1] Saroja Sirisena is a Sri Lankan diplomat. She serves as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, which she was appointed to in 2020. She has previously held diplomatic positions at the United Nations, as well as in Austria and India.
Sri Lanka participates in multilateral diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations, where it seeks to promote sovereignty, independence, and development in the developing world. Sri Lanka was a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
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 ...
Palihakkara was appointed Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in August 2008, serving until August 2009. [1] [3] During the bitter fighting in the final months of the Sri Lankan Civil War Palihakkara defended the Sri Lankan military at the United Nations Security Council , denying that they had fired heavy weapons into ...