US embassy cable - 04COLOMBO862

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000862 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR 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 
"APPROACHES TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION", OCTOBER 11-29, 2004. 
PROJECT NO. E/VGN-2005-0019 
 
REF: COLOMBO 00765 
 
1.Post nominates Nadarajah "Raviraj", Member of Parliament 
for participation in subject project.  Post confirms that 
this nomination has "full country team approval." 
 
2.Nomination is as follows: 
 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 130 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGN-2005-0019 
PROJ-NAME: Approaches to Conflict Resolution - October 11- 
29, 2004 
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PROJ-TYPE: Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
DEPART-POST: 10/09/2004 
SESSION-DATE: 10/11/2004 
RETURN-POST: 10/31/2004 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Resolution of 
Regional Conflicts" 
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F-NAME: Nadarajah 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: RAVIRAJ 
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PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: BS-1/1 Manning Town Housing Scheme 
M-ADDR2: 14-1/1 Mangala Path 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: Colombo 8 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94-11) 268-2045 
M-FAX: (94-11) 267-9648 
M-EMAIL: ravinraj@sltnet.lk 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: H 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 06/25/1962 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Jaffna 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Member of Parliament, 2001- to date 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Member, Tamil United Liberation Front 
Proprietor, Raviraj Associates, (Attorneys-at-Law and 
Notaries Public) 
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
2001 - Mayor of Jaffna 
1993-97 and 1984-89 - Attorney-at-Law, Home for Human 
Rights 
1990-93 - State Counsel, Attorney General's Department 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
None 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Thailand - 2002 - Attended conference on 'Micro-Economics," 
organized by World Health Organization 
Switzerland - 2003 - Attended workshop on federalism 
Germany - 2003 - Participate on a study tour on 
'Federalism' 
South Africa - 2003 - Delegate in a study tour on 
constitutional reforms 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka Law College, 1987 
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Member, Tamil United Liberation Front  (TULF) 1987- to date 
 
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FIRST-LANG: Tamil 
ENGL-READ: 4 
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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This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Resolution of 
Regional Conflicts" 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Joseph Novak 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Mr. Raviraj, an active politician representing the Jaffna 
District, is a lawyer by profession.  A former Mayor of 
Jaffna, in the war-torn district of northern Sri Lanka, and 
a human rights activist, he has experience with human and 
fundamental rights violations.  He has participated in 
peaceful public demonstrations on human rights and has 
assisted the local people to advocate for their rights. 
Raviraj, being a member of the leading political party in 
Jaffna, strongly advocates the resolution of conflict with 
the intention of protecting citizens, upholding human 
rights, and avoiding humanitarian crises and refugee flows. 
His participation in the IV program "Approaches to Conflict 
Resolution" would gain valuable experience and knowledge on 
alternative strategies to resolve conflict situations and 
to further democratic objectives in the evolving political 
situation in the north. 
Post confirms that this nomination has "full Country Team 
approval." 
 
 
 
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SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: Yes 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
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PERSON-ID: 177 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CE 
FIRST-LANG-ID: TC 
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3. Please advise acceptance of this nomination. 
Lunstead