Committee on High Posts recommends former Chief Justice Jayasuriya as envoy to UN

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Approves nominations for two Ambassadors and High Commissioner – Mahinda Dasa Ratnayake as Ambassador to Cuba, Prof. Pivithuru Janak Kumarasinghe as Ambassador to Japan and Nimal Upali Senadheera as High Commissioner to the UK

The Committee on High Posts has recommended the appointment of former Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, PC, as Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.

The Committee made this decision during its meeting held in Parliament on Friday.

The Committee on High Posts has also approved the nominations to appoint two Ambassadors and a High Commissioner.

Accordingly, the nominations of Mahinda Dasa Ratnayake, to be appointed as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Republic of Cuba, and Prof. Pivithuru Janak Kumarasinghe, to be appointed as the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Japan, had been approved by the Committee on High Posts.

The nomination of Nimal Upali Senadheera, to be appointed as the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was also approved by the Committee on High Posts, the Parliamentary Communications Department said.

The Committee on High Posts, which met under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, was attended by MPs Bimal Rathnayake, Kumara Jayakody, Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando, Dr. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi, Dr. Hansaka Wijemuni, Dayasiri Jayasekara, and Chamindranee Kiriella.

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