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Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, an Australian citizen [1], is the Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Sri Lanka and former Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP). He was also a member of the Government delegation at the first round of talks held in Geneva, Switzerland with the LTTE in February 2006. The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ...
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Born out of a need to institutionalize the Peace Process, the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) was established on 06 February 2002 with the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL). ...
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Early life
Dr. Kohona who hails from Matale, received his secondary education in Sri Lanka at St. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia. Clock-tower Hindu temple in Matale Memorial over the 1848 rebellion Matale town Matale is a town in the hill country of Sri Lanka, 142 kilometres (90 miles) from Colombo. ...
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Foreign missions Dr. Kohona was the Chief of the UN Treaty Section in New York. He held this position since 1995. Prior to joining the UN, Dr. Kohona was with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia. He returned to the country on the invitation of the President Mahinda Rajapakse and served as the Secretary General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) from April 2006 until June 2007. [2] This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ...
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945), Sri Lankan politician, became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on April 6, 2004, following the victory of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance in the April 2, 2004 Sri Lankan legislative elections. ...
Positions held by Dr Palitha Kohona - With effect from 6th April 2006 Special Advisor to the President on the Peace Process and Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP).
- Leader of the UN legal delegation to North Korea at the invitation of the DPRK Government,in 2005.
- Adviser to a tsunami relief project "Sri Lanka Art Project" in Galle, lead by college students, teaching art to young tsunami victims as a method of healing and emotional recovery.
- Chief of the United Nations Treaty Section, New York since 1995.
- In 1992 he was attached to the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations institutional mechanisms and dispute settlement unit and also headed the Trade and Investment Section of the Department in Australia under the GATT/WTO.
- In 1989 chaired the negotiating group group that developed the compliance mechanism under the Montreal Protocol to the Convention on the Ozone Layer in Geneva.
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia since 1983.
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945), Sri Lankan politician, became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on April 6, 2004, following the victory of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance in the April 2, 2004 Sri Lankan legislative elections. ...
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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is a department of the Commonwealth Government charged with advancing the interests of Australia and its citizens internationally. ...
External links - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka
- The Official Website of SCOPP
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