US embassy cable - 04COLOMBO843

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000843 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR E/VM ALISON MOYLAN/SQUITA ROBINSON; 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 
"U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES", 
MAY 12-JUNE 2, 2005. 
PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0024 
 
REF: COLOMBO 00765 
 
1. Post nominates Soundarie "David", Researcher/Project 
Coordinator, International Center for Ethnic Studies for 
participation in subject project.  Post confirms that this 
nomination has "full country team approval." 
 
2. Nomination is as follows: 
 
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POST-EMAIL: tilakawardenac@state.gov 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 115 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VM-2005-0024 
PROJ-NAME: U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues - 
May 12-June 2, 2005 
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PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
DEPART-POST: 05/10/2005 
SESSION-DATE: 05/12/2005 
RETURN-POST: 06/04/2005 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic 
Systems and Practices" 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Soundarie 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: DAVID 
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POSITION-CODE: 339 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: 21 Charlemont Road 
M-ADDR2: 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: Colombo 6 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94-11) 258-1406 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: soundarie@hotmail.com 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: H 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 03/06/1974 
MAR-STAT: S 
BIRTH-CITY: Colombo 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Researcher/Project Coordinator, Internationl Centre for 
Ethnic Studies, September 2001- to date 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Research Support to Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of 
Sri Lanka, May 2003- to date 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
LL.B., University of Colombo, 2001 
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka Law College, 2002 
 
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START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
Description and Its Relevance to Peace  (Daily News - May 
16, 2002) 
State of Human Rights in Sri Lanka Overview 2001 (Law - 
Society Trust - Sri Lanka 2002) 
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FIRST-LANG: Taki-Taki 
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ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
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OTHER-LANG: Sinhala 
OTHER-LANG-ID: SI 
READ: 4 
SPEAK: 4 
COMP: 4 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic 
Systems and Practices" 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Joseph Novak 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Ms. David, a proficient researcher at the International 
Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), a leading think-tank in 
Sri Lanka, is the coordinator of the ICES constitutionalism 
project.  ICES has been influential on policy issues on 
ethnic diversity and constitutional reforms. Their primary 
themes are advancement of human rights; promotion of 
international peace; creation of a more equitable 
development process and national cohesion.   Being the team 
leader of this constitutional project, she meets with 
people at grassroots level from various districts to elicit 
their views and opinion to compile a report that will be 
handed over to the government negotiators on peace 
building.  Ms. David, author of several human rights 
publications,has contributed considerably by way of 
research on peace related and human rights issues.  Her 
latest works include reports on torture, deaths in custody, 
religious freedom and the rights to information. 
Ms. David will greatly benefit from the IVP on "U.S. 
Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues."  We expect the 
program to give her a good understanding of U.S. 
Government's human rights policies within the framework of 
its overall foreign policy objectives.  The interaction 
with counterparts from the U.S. and other countries will 
also help to strengthen ties between them and facilitate 
information exchange. 
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: 154 
PERSON-ID: 161 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CE 
FIRST-LANG-ID: TG 
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3. Please advise acceptance of this nomination. 
Lunstead