FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 002261 SIPDIS STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/G/N-ALICE SHIFFLETT; SA/PD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OEXC SCUL KPAO OEXC SUBJECT: FY-2003 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR THE REGIONAL PROJECT FOR SOUTH ASIA ON "FEDERALISM": JANUARY 13-21, 2003 REF: (A) STATE 231967, (B) ASHIFFLETT/RSANDANAYAKE E-MAIL OF 12/05/02 ¶1. DUE TO A PERSONAL COMMITMENT, POST'S SECOND APPROVED NOMINEE FOR SUBJECT PROJECT, DR. DAYALAN AMBALAVANAR, HAS DECLINED ACCEPTING INVITATION TO ATTEND PROGRAM. POST, THEREFORE, WISHES TO SUBSTITUTE HIM WITH THE NOMINATION OF MR. KEITH NOYAHR, DEPUTY EDITOR, "DAILY MIRROR" - ENGLISH DAILY. ¶2. DETAILED 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: 61 USIA-PROJ-NO: PROJ-NAME: FEDERALISM - JANUARY 13-31, 2003 START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: REGIONAL PROG-TYPE: IV GRANT VISITOR FY: 2003 DEPART-POST: 01/11/2003 SESSION-DATE: 01/13/2003 RETURN-POST: 02/02/2003 NO-OF-PART: 2 RANK-ORDER: 1 START MEMO POST-OBJ: THIS NOMINATION IS IN SUPPORT OF MPP STRATEGIC GOALS OF "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: RP PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2929 FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: STATUS: N ORIGINATOR: P SUBJ-DISC: FEDERALISM/U.S. GOVERNMENT START BIO: PREFIX: MR. F-NAME: KEITH M-NAME: LEROY L-NAME: NOYAHR SUFFIX: PRINCIPAL?: YES M-ADDR1: DAILY MIRROR EDITORIAL M-ADDR2: WIJEYA NEWSPAPERS (PVT) LTD. M-ADDR3: 8 HUNUPITIYA CROSS ROAD M-CITY: COLOMBO 2 M-STATE: M-CNTRY: SRI LANKA M-ZONE: M-ZIP: M-PHONE: (94-1) 300-552 M-FAX: M-EMAIL: M-CNTRY-ID: CE M-ADDRTYPE: B GENDER: M DOB: 10/07/1963 MAR-STAT: M BIRTH-CITY: COLOMBO BIRTH-CNTRY: SRI LANKA CITIZ-CNTRY: SRI LANKA RES-CNTRY: SRI LANKA START MEMO POSITION: DEPUTY EDITOR, DAILY MIRROR, 1997- TO DATE END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: CORRESPONDENT, LONDON TIMEST, 2000- TO DATE END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: FEATURES EDITOR, MIDWEEK MIRROR, 1995-96 FEATURES EDITOR, SUNDAY TIMES, ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTIGATION DESK, 1994 AUGUST-1995 CORRESPONDENT, ASSOCIATED PRESS, 1993-JULY 1994 END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: B.A., UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA, 1995 ALFRED FRIENDLY PRESS FELLOW, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1992 WOLFSON COLLEGE PRESS FELLOW, CAMBRIDGE, U.K., 1998 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: ENGLISH ENGL-READ: 5 ENGL-SPEAK: 5 ENGL-COMP: 5 START OTHER-LANGS: OTHER-LANG: SINHALA OTHER-LANG-ID: SI READ: 5 SPEAK: 5 COMP: 5 END OTHER-LANGS: START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: THIS NOMINATION IS IN SUPPORT OF MPP STRATEGIC GOALS OF "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: KEITH NOYAHR IS THE DEPUTY EDITOR AND SECOND IN COMMAND OF THE POPULAR ENGLISH LANGUAGE 'DAILY MORROR' NEWSPAPER. A MUCH RESPECTED JOURNALIST, HE IS IN CHARGE OF ALL EDITORIAL AND OPINION ARTICLES FOR THE 'DAILY MIRROR.' IN ADDITION, HE IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINAL EDITING OF DEFENSE AND POLITICAL COLUMNS OF THE NEWSPAPER. MR. NOYAHR'S INFLUENCE ON POLICY IS BEST SEEN IN SRI LANKA, DURING THE TIME OF ELECTIONS, WHEN SRI LANKAN POLITICAL PARTIES PREPARING THEIR ELECTION MANIFESTOS PAY CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION TO EDITORIAL CONTENT AND OPINION ARTICLES. MR. NOYAHR'S INFLUENCE ALSO EXTENDS TO YOUNG UP AND COMING JOURNALISTS AS WELL AS HIS SRI LANKAN MEDIA COLLEAGUES. HE IS A VISITING LECTURER AT THE JOURNALISM UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, AND HAS HELD HONORARY POSITION AS AN ELECTED EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF THE SRI LANKA WORKING JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION. AS A CURRENT ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS ASSOCIATION HE STILL WIELDS CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE ON POLICY MATTERS WITHIN THE ASSOCIATION. WITH HIS INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE IN POLITICAL REPORTING, THE IV PROGRAM ON FEDERALISM WOULD GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN PARTICULAR AND AMERICAN CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS IN GENERAL. END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: NOM-OFF: PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPEAKER?: NO NOTIFY-EMB: YES MEDIA?: NO HOME-STAY: YES HOME-HOSP?: YES E-I-TYPE: NOMINEE-ID: 111 PERSON-ID: 58 BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE RES-CNTRY-ID: CE FIRST-LANG-ID: EN E-I-TYPE-ID: NOM-POST-ID: 2929 NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: NOM-STATUS: N END BIO: END NOMINATION: ¶3. PLEASE ADVISE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOMINATION. WILLS