US embassy cable - 04COLOMBO837

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000837 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/M SUSAN LOCKWOOD/AZZA MOUNIB-ZAKI; INFO 
ECA/PE/V/R/N LARRY A. MOODY, SA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, KPAO, OEXC - Exchanges 
SUBJECT: FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP 
"MULTI-CULTURALISM IN U.S. SOCIETY" JUNE 2-23, 2005. 
PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0027 
 
REF: COLOMBO 00765 
 
1. Post nominates Ms. Kasupathy "Kunthavie" Administrative 
Officer, Suriya Women's Development Centre for 
participation in subject project.  Post confirms that this 
nomination has "full country team approval." 
 
2. Nomination is as follows: 
 
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NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: U 
SUBJ-DISC: Social Systems 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Kasupathy 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: KUNTHAVIE 
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POSITION-CODE: 900 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Suriya Women's Development Centre 
M-ADDR2: Chettiyar Road 
M-ADDR3: Pandiruppu 
M-CITY: Kalmunai 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94-67) 222-9942 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 12/07/1976 
MAR-STAT: S 
BIRTH-CITY: Kalmunai 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Administrative Officer, Suriya Women's Development Centre, 
2003- to date 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
B.A. in Business Administration, Eastern University of Sri 
Lanka, 2001 
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FIRST-LANG: Tamil 
ENGL-READ: 3 
ENGL-SPEAK: 3 
ENGL-COMP: 3 
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OTHER-LANG: Sinhala 
OTHER-LANG-ID: SI 
READ: 1 
SPEAK: 1 
COMP: 1 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democracy." 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Joseph Novak 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Ms. Kunthavie, an administrator in an Eastern Province NGO, 
has worked at grassroot level to serve the underprivileged 
community affected by the communal conflict in the island. 
A person with her experience, given the opportunity to 
participate in the subject program would immensely enhance 
her integration of the multi-ethnic society in the Eastern 
Province. 
This nomination has "full Country Team approval." 
 
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NOM-OFF: Political 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: Yes 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 158 
PERSON-ID: 165 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CE 
FIRST-LANG-ID: TC 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 2929 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
NOM-STATUS: N 
DS2019-ACTION: 1 
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.0101 
SPONS-FUNDS: 0 
SPONS-AGENCY1: DOS 
USGOVT-AGENCY1: DOS 
US-AGENCY-AMT1: 8000 
USGOVT-AGENCY2: 
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 
INTL-ORG1: 
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 
INTL-ORG2: 
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 
VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 
COMMISSION: 0 
OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 
VIS-AMOUNT: 0 
VIS-CAT: 5 
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3. Please advise acceptance of this nomination. 
Lunstead