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President Chandrika Kumaratunga appointed Jayantha Dhanapala
as Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Coordinating
the Peace Process, viz the Peace Secretariat. He will also
act as Senior Advisor to the President. Both appointments
will take effect from June 1, this year.
Mr.Dhanapala will function directly
under the President in these posts and will serve in an
honorary capacity.
Jayantha Dhanapala was the United Nations Under-Secretary-General
for Disarmament Affairs from 1998 to 2003. He served for
many years as a member of the Sri Lanka Foreign Service
and was Ambassador in Geneva and in Washington D.C.
In February 1998 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed
Dhanapala as a Commissioner in UNSCOM and the Head of the
Special Group visiting the Presidential sites in Iraq.
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