US embassy cable - 03COLOMBO1043

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001043 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/P- MARGERY BENSON/ AZZA ZAKI 
INFO: ECA/PE/V/G/N-ALICE SHIFFLETT; SA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC, SCUL, KPAO, OEXC - Exchanges 
SUBJECT: FY-2004 IV MRP ON "U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND 
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES" - JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 12, 2004: 
SRI LANKAN NOMINATION 
PROJECT NUMBER: E/VP-2004-0009 
 
REF: (A) STATE 085473, (B) COLOMBO 0676 
 
1. POST NOMINATES MR. SEEVALI I. AMITIRIGALA, LECTURER, 
SRI LANKA LAW COLLEGE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT 
PROJECT. 
 
2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 
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VERSION: 3.0.5 
POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS  Colombo 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VP 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 84 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VP-2004-0009 
PROJ-NAME: U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Issues 
- January 29-February 19, 2004 
START MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
 
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PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Group Projects 
FY: 2004 
DEPART-POST: 01/27/2004 
SESSION-DATE: 01/29/2004 
RETURN-POST: 02/22/2004 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 3 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goals on 
"Democracy" and  "Human Rights" 
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START MEMO POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO POST-RCMD: 
ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1027 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 31 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: Seevali 
M-NAME: Indrajith 
L-NAME: AMITIRIGALA 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: 18D, Devala Road 
M-ADDR2: Pagoda 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: Nugegoda 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94-1) 823-154 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: seevali@itmin.com 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: H 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 02/17/1974 
MAR-STAT: S 
BIRTH-CITY: Kandy 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Lecturer, Sri Lanka Law College, 2002- to date 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
2001-02 - Legal Officer, Hatton National Bank 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
None 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
UK - 1999-2001 - For postgraduate education 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka Law College, 1998 
LL.M., King's College London, University of London, 
2001 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka 
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FIRST-LANG: Sinhala 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goals on 
"Democracy" and  "Human Rights" 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Joe Novak 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Mr. Amitirigala is well versed in the Sri Lankan legal 
system and is a lecturer on the topic at the Sri Lanka 
Law College.  In his role as a lecturer he will have an 
influence on Sri Lanka's future attorneys and judges. 
In his current position he is proving himself a 
knowledgeable contact on what is happening in Sri 
Lanka's judicial circles.  On a personal level he is 
trying to expand his knowledge on human rights issues 
as they relate to the law.  An IV grant would not only 
strengthen Mission's ties to this contact, but it would 
also give the USG the opportunity to help direct his 
interests into the human rights field. 
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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: 119 
PERSON-ID: 123 
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 
DS2019-ACTION: 0 
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.0901 
SPONS-FUNDS: 0 
SPONS-AGENCY1: 
USGOVT-AGENCY1: 
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 
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3. PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOMINATION. 
WILLS