US embassy cable - 04COLOMBO1259

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001259 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/P JANET BEARD AND DEBORAH THOMPSON 
INFO: SA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, KPAO, OEXC - Exchanges 
SUBJECT: FY-2004 MRP "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S.", 
SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 21, 2004 
PROJECT NUMBER: E/VP 2004-0044 
 
REF: STATE 126643 
 
1. POST NOMINATES MR. ABDUL HAMEED MOHAMMED "ZIYAAD", MEMBER OF 
THE URBAN COUNCIL, BALANGODA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBJECT 
PROJECT.  POST CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FULL COUNTRY 
TEAM APPROVAL." 
 
2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 
 
START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): 
: The following data is in a fixed format which enables 
: automated processing in Washington and should not be 
: edited except by means of the Post-EVDB software. 
EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB 
VERSION: 3.0.7 
POST-EMAIL: tilakawardenac@state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS  Colombo 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 
EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA 
START NOMINATION: 
ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 145 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VP-2004-0044 
PROJ-NAME: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S. 
START MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
 
END MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2004 
DEPART-POST: 09/30/2004 
SESSION-DATE: 
RETURN-POST: 10/22/2004 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 1 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO POST-RCMD: 
ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1039 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: U 
SUBJ-DISC: State & Local Government 
START BIO: 
PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: ABDUL 
M-NAME: HAMEED MOHAMED 
L-NAME: ZIYAAD 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 12/10/1957 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: BALANGODA 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Member of the Urban Council, Balangoda 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Co-ordinating Secretary, Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
1988 to date - Chief Organizer, Ratnapura- Sri Lanka Muslim 
Congress 
1993-1994 Visiting Lecturer, University of Sabaragamuwa, 
Balangoda, Sri Lanka 
1989-1994, Deputy Principal, Jeilany Central College, Balangoda 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
none 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
1996 -- to attend the World Leadership Conference, Azarbaijan 
1997 -- to attend a training at the Asian Development Bank, India 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
1979-1982  Bachelor of Commerce, Uniiversity of Peradeniya 
1994 - Post Graduate Diploma in Education, National Institute of 
Education, Sri Lanka 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: Tamil 
ENGL-READ: 3 
ENGL-SPEAK: 3 
ENGL-COMP: 3 
START OTHER-LANGS: 
OTHER-LANG: Sinhala 
OTHER-LANG-ID: SI 
READ: 0 
SPEAK: 0 
COMP: 0 
END OTHER-LANGS: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Andrea Tomaszewicz 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Mr. Ziyaad is a key organized of the major Muslim political party 
in Sri Lanka.  A former educator and founder of a NGO aimed at 
educational programs in war-affected areas of the country, Ziyaad 
has extensive experience working in government.  Through a course 
of study on state and local governments in the U.S., ziyaad could 
use ideas and elsons learned during the program in his work with 
Sri Lanka's minority muslim community.  Providing Mr. Ziyaad this 
opportunity for training would cement his ties to the U.S. and 
further our goal for better relations with the Muslim community. 
His nomination has "full country team" approval. 
 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: Political 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: Yes 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 189 
PERSON-ID: 195 
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: 0 
NOM-STATUS: N 
DS2019-ACTION: 1 
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.1001 
SPONS-FUNDS: 0 
SPONS-AGENCY1: 
USGOVT-AGENCY1: 8000 
US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0 
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 
END BIO: 
END NOMINATION: 
END FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: 
 
3. Please accept this nomination. 
Lunstead