US embassy cable - 02COLOMBO2092

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 002092 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/P-MARGERY BENSON/SEQUITA ROBINSON, 
ECA/PE/V/G/N-ALICE SHIFFLETT; SA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, KPAO, OEXC - Exchanges 
SUBJECT: FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR 
MRP ON "FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES": 
JANUARY 16-FEBRUARY 6, 2003 
PROJECT NUMBER: E/VP-2003-0009 
 
REF: (A) COLOMBO 01899, (B) STATE 126628, (C) STATE 
 
50054 
 
1. POST NOMINATES MS. DAYANI PANAGODA, SENIOR LECTURER 
IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RETATIONS, 
GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN 
SUBJECT PROJECT. 
 
2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 
EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB 
VERSION: 3.0.0 
POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS  Colombo 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 
EXPORT-TYPE: BIO DATA 
START NOMINATION: 
USIA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 70 
USIA-PROJ-NO: E/VP-2003-0009 
PROJ-NAME: Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues - 
January 16 - February 6, 2003 
START MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
 
END MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2003 
DEPART-POST: 01/13/2003 
SESSION-DATE: 01/16/2003 
RETURN-POST: 02/09/2003 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 12 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP strategic goals on 
"Regional Stability" and "Democracy" 
END MEMO POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO POST-RCMD: 
USIA-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: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Dayani 
M-NAME: Sumithra 
L-NAME: PANAGODA 
SUFFIX: 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy 
M-ADDR2: Kandawala Estate 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: Ratmalana 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94) 77-7304-172 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 11/30/1952 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Colombo 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Senior Lecturer in International Law and International 
Relations, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy, 
1991- to date 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Guest Lecturer in Management, Junior Command and Staff 
Course, Sri Lanka Air Force, 1989- to date;  Attorney- 
at-Law, 1989- to date 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
1989-90 - Worked at the Chambers of President's 
Counsel, Mr. Ranjith Abeysooriya 
(as a junior assisted in criminal legal proceedings by 
research cases and statute law) 
1988-90 - Visiting lecturer, Leeds Institute in Colombo 
(conducted lectures and tutorial class in Business Law 
for the students for the London examination of 
Associate Account Technicians -AAT) 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
July 2000 (two weeks) - Attended the International 
Human Rights Education and Monitoring Program at 
Hamline University School of Law, Minnesota 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka Law College, 1989 
MA in International Relations, University of Colombo, 
1997 
MBA, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 1999 
MA in Public International Law, University of Colombo 
(pending submission of dissertation) 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: Sinhala 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP strategic goals on 
"Regional Stability" and "Democracy" 
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: Stephen Holgate 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
As a professor at Kotelawala Defence Academy for more 
than ten years she has had a string influence on the 
world view of a generation of Sri Lankan military 
officers.  In her position, Ms. Panagoda teaches 
international relations and law, including human 
rights.  These are both critical areas to the Sri 
Lankan military's efforts to modernize itself and its 
outlook.  The human rights performance of the Sri 
Lankan military has been of great concern to the United 
States Embassy and will be critical to any hopes of 
eventual peace.  Though Ms. Panagoda visited Minnesota 
on a two-week self-funded program on human rights in 
2000, this has given her only a limited exposure.  A 
broad ranging IV on Foreign Policy and Human Rights 
Issues would help push forward this mission's goal of 
improving the human rights record of the Sri Lankan 
government and giving it a broader outlook on the 
world. 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: Public Affairs Section 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: No 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: No 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 102 
PERSON-ID: 106 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CE 
FIRST-LANG-ID: SI 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 2929 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
NOM-STATUS: N 
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3. PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE NOMINATIONS. 
WILLS