NEW Dhanapala’s Responses to Candidate Questionnaire (21 August 2006)
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(Candidacy withdrawn by government of Sri Lanka on 28 September)

Country: Sri Lanka

Areas of Expertise: Disarmament

Current Positions:

• Secretary-General of the Secretariat for the Coordinating of the Peace Process in Sri Lanka (since June 2004)

• Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka

Past Positions:

• Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs in the United Nations (February 1998 - May 2003)
• Head of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research until 1992
• Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations

Education:

• B.A. (Major in English Lit. & French) (Honors) University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka
• M.A. (in International Studies) American University in Washington, D.C.

General Information:

• Entered the Sri Lankan foreign service in 1965
• Between 1965 – 1983 he held various diplomatic positions in London, Beijing, DC, and New Delhi, in addition to being director of the Non-aligned Movement Division of the Foreign Ministry during Sri Lanka’s Chairmanship of the NAM

Statements/Essays by Jayantha Dhanapala:

• Interview with Inter Press Service UN Journal, 9/20/06