CURRICULUM VITAE. V. Previous Employment :1. Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics Science Faculty, University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE I. Name : Prasad Kariyawasam II. Date of Birth : March 21, 1954 III. Civil Status : Married with two children son and daughter IV. Occupation : Ambassador for Sri Lanka to the United States of America since July, 2014 to date. Also the nonresident High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to Trinidad & Tobago and Ambassador (designate)to Mexico V. Previous Employment :1. Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics Science Faculty, University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka Cadet Officer in the Sri Lanka Administrative Service Sri Lanka Foreign Service VI. Education : (a) Richmond College, Galle VII. Prizes, Achievements & Extra curricular Activities (b) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Special Degree in Mathematics, 1978 A. At School : 1. Principal's Medal for best results at GCE (OL) Examination Head Prefect of the College Captained the 1 st xi Cricket Team Captained the Southern Province Schools Cricket Team Played for All-Ceylon Schools Combined Cricket Team Queen's Boy Scout, Boy Scout Troop Leader of College 1

2 Representative of Sri Lanka at 9 th Australian Scout Jamboree in Sydney in Represented College at Athletics, Badminton 9. College colours in Cricket and Badminton 10. Member of College English debating team 11. Member of College Sinhala Drama Group B. At University: 1. The President of Science Faculty Students Council The Treasurer of All-University Students' C Council The President of the University Sports Council, President of Mathematical Society of the University Captain of the University Cricket Team, Played for Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's Team against Visiting English Team while in University Outstanding University Sportsman of the year VIII. Positions held in Sri Lanka Foreign Service 1. Assistant Director/South Asia and Consular Divisions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Third/Second Secretary of the Sri Lanka Permanent Mission to UN in Geneva Deputy Director/West Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

3 4. Deputy Director/UN and Non-Aligned Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Special Assistant to Foreign Secretary and Deputy Director/Overseas Administration Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counsellor of the Embassy of Sri Lanka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Director/South Asia and SAARC Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director/Publicity, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister, Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C Deputy High Commissioner (with rank of Ambassador), Sri Lanka High Commission, New Delhi Ambassador, PR to the UN in Geneva and Consul General of Sri Lanka to Switzerland 2001 January 2003 December. 12. Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Holy See in the Vatican from Director-General/South Asia & SAARC January to February. 14. Director-General/Economic Affairs, 2004 March- November Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 2004 April, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in New York Non-resident High Commissioner of Sri Lanka for Jamaica Non-resident Ambassador of Sri Lanka for Chile Non-Resident Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Colombia Non-Resident High commissioner of Sri Lanka to the Bahamas Non-Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bhutan Non-Resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to India and concurrently accredited as the Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bhutan and to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - October 2009 to June

4 IX. Participation at Seminars, Conferences, Fellowships and honours received while serving in the Sri Lanka Diplomatic Service 1. United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Delegates to International Conference on the Question of Palestine, Geneva, Delegate to Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and Delegate to World Health Assembly, Geneva, and Delegate to Meetings of the Governing Bodies of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, and Attended Commission on Human Rights and its sub-committees, Geneva, and Delegate to Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOSOC) Sessions in Geneva, Delegate to the General Conference of International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Attended the Workshop on Verification of Chemical Weapons Ban, in Hague June, Delegate to the 25 th International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, Assistant to the Hon. A.C.S. Hameed, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Disarmament Advisory Board Meetings in New York and Geneva, Delegate at the Non-Aligned Ministerial Committee Meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, January Delegate to the Paris Conference to Ban Chemical Weapons, Paris, January Delegate to Government Industry Conference against Chemical Weapons, Canberra, Australia September Head of Delegation to NAM Ministerial Committee on Methodology in NOCosia, Cyprus February,

5 16. Participated in the Workshop on South Asian Perspectives, in Kathmandu, Nepal November Delegate to the annual IMF/World Bank Meetings from Member of UN Panel of Experts on small Arms Delegate to the Legal Committee of the UNGA in 1997 which finalized the UN Convention of Terrorist 20. Alternative Representative of Sri Lanka at the 53 rd, 54 th and 55 th Sessions of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva 21. Leader of the Observer Delegation of Sri Lanka to the 57 th & 58 th Sessions of the UN Commission on Human Rights 22. Led the Sri Lanka Delegation at the 59 th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva and served as the Vice Chairperson of the Commission at the 59 th Session of the CHR 23. Vice Chair of the Main Committee of the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa in Special Coordinator for improved and effective functioning of the Conference on Disarmament, 2001 & Member of the UN Group of Government Experts on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development, Delegate to the 50 th Anniversary Session of the United Nations General Assembly 27. Representative of Sri Lanka to the 1 st Committee of the UNGA from President of the Council of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) The Chair of the Global System of Trade Preferences Committee (GSTP) of Participants in the UNCTAD, The Chair of the UNCTAD Expert Group on Market Access Issues in Mode 44 (Movement of Natural Persons to Supply Services) in the year His holiness Pope John Paul II bestowed on 16 th October 2003, the insignia of the Grand-Cross of the order of Saint Gregory the Great in appreciation of the work as the Envoy of Sri Lanka to Vatican from

6 32. Member to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families elected since 2004, was selected to Chair this Committee as its first Chairperson in 2004, the post of which was held until The Chair of the Inter-Committee Meeting and 16 th Meeting of Chairpersons of the Human rights Treaty Bodies in the year Attended the International High-level Ministerial Conference on the Aftermath of the Devastating Tsunami on 5 th January 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia. 35. Attended the Phuket Ministerial Meeting on Regional Cooperation on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements on 29 th January 2005 in Phuket, Thailand. 36. Leader of Sri Lanka delegation to the International coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, organized by UNESCO-IOC from 3-8 March 2005 in Paris, France. 37. Delegate to The Asian-African Summit 2005 and The Commemoration of The Golden Jubilee of The Asian-African Conference 1955, Jakarta Bandung, Indonesia from April, Chairman of the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories from April, 2005 to July Key-note Speaker at the Public Conference on Migrant Workers and Human Rights organised by the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Law Society of Ireland held in Dublin, Ireland on 15 th October, A Vice-Chairperson of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations of the year Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief of Delegation of Sri Lanka to the Special International conference at Ministerial Level of Developing Countries with Substantial International Migrant Flows held in Lima, Peru on May, Key-note Speaker at the 8 th International Conference of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Bolivia on 24 th October, 2006 in the capacity as the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Protection of All Migrant workers and Members of their Families. 6

7 43. Chair of the Humanitarian Segment of ECOSOC Substantive Session held in Geneva in July Participated at the International Seminar on UN Treaty Body Reform held in Liechtenstein in July, President of the UN Conference to Review Progress in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects in New York -from 26 June to 7 th July Lead Speaker at the Regional Meeting on Eradicating the Illicit Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Guatemala, Geneva and Bangkok in the year Appointed by the President of the General Assembly as a Facilitator go guide the process of adopting GA Resolution on realignment of the Department of Disarmament Affairs. 48. Chair of the Asian Group at the United Nation in New York for the month of May Participated in the UN Treaty Body Reform Workshop in Berlin in July, Served as a Vice-Chairperson of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the year Elected as a Vice-President of the 62 nd General Assembly of the United Nations for the years 2007/ Keynote Presentation on Globalization, Migration and Human Rights at the Seminar for Members of Parliamentary Committees Working on Human Rights and Other Committees Addressing Migration Issues held in Inter Parliamentary Committee (IPU) Headquarters in Geneva, as Chairperson of the Migrant Workers Committee, on 24 th October, Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation to the Third Biennial meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, New York, July Delegate of Sri Lanka to XV SAARC Summit held in Colombo from 27 th July to 03 rd August Chairperson of the Drafting Group of the SAARC Declaration and spoke person for Sri Lanka during the Summit. 7

8 55. Leader of the Sri Lanka Delegation to the Senior Officials Meeting of BIMSTEC 28 th August 2008, New Delhi 56. Delegate to the Ministerial Meeting of the BIMSTEC 29 th August 2008, New Delhi 57. Represented Sri Lanka as well as the UN Committee on Migrant Workers, at the Global Forum on Migration and Development International Conference held in Philippines on October Leader of the Sri Lanka Delegation to the 13 th Senior Officials Meeting of BIMSTEC 11 th November 2008, New Delhi 59. Delegate to the 11 th Ministerial Meeting of BIMSTEC on 12 th November 2008, New Delhi 60. Delegate to the 02 nd BIMSTEC Summit Meeting on 13 th November, New Delhi 61. Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation to the ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference held on 19 th May 2009 and ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials Meeting on 20 th May 2009, Phuket, Thailand. 62. Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation to the Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) on 16 th - 17 th June 2009, The Hague, The Netherlands. 63. Served in the Advisory Board of the International Commission on Nuclear Non- Proliferation and Disarmament in 2008/ Delegate of Sri Lanka to the 16 th SAARC Summit and related meetings and Head of delegation to the SAARC Standing Committee held in Thimphu, Bhutan from 25 th to 29 th April Delegate of Sri Lanka to the United Nations General Assembly at its 69 th Session accompanying President Mahinda Rajapaksa September, Address to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Sri Lanka at present 27 th February, Roundtable discussion at the American Enterprise Institute on Sri Lanka After the Elections 10 th March, Keynote Address at The Atlantic Council on Sri Lanka and the Emerging South Asian Order 24 th June,

9 69. Address to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on Elections in Sri Lanka and new Prospects for US-Sri Lanka Relations 15 th September, Delegate of Sri Lanka to the United Nations General Assembly at its 70 th Session accompanying President Maithripala Sirisena September, Key participant at the discussion at United States Institute of Peace on Towards Sustainable Peace in Sri Lanka : The Opportunities Ahead Sri Lanka since 8 th January, st December, Address to the East West Center in Hawaii on Sri Lanka A Hub in the Indian Ocean 11 th February, 2016 ******* 9