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04COLOMBO806
2004-05-18 10:02:00
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Embassy Colombo
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FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP

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181002Z May 04
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000806 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/M MARGERY BENSON/DEBORAH THOMPSON; INFO
ECA/PE/V/R/N/-LARRY A. MOODY, SA/PD

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OEXC SCUL KPAO OEXC
SUBJECT: FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
"LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN", MARCH 3-24, 2005.
PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0015

REF: COLOMBO 00765

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000806 SIPDIS STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/M MARGERY BENSON/DEBORAH THOMPSON; INFO ECA/PE/V/R/N/-LARRY A. MOODY, SA/PD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OEXC SCUL KPAO OEXC SUBJECT: FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP "LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN", MARCH 3-24, 2005. PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0015 REF: COLOMBO 00765 ¶1. Post nominates Pushpika G. "Weerakoon", Research Intern, Ministry of Justice, for participation in 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: 127 ECA-PROJ-NO: e/VM-2005-0015 PROJ-NAME: Leadership Development for Women - March 3-24, 2005 START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor FY: 2004 DEPART-POST: 03/01/2005 SESSION-DATE: 03/03/2005 RETURN-POST: 03/26/2005 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 0 START MEMO POST-OBJ: This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic Systems and Practices" 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: P SUBJ-DISC: Women's Rights START BIO: PREFIX: Ms. F-NAME: Pushpika M-NAME: Ganganie L-NAME: WEERAKOON SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 100 PRINCIPAL?: Yes M-ADDR1: 27/14 Rosmead Place M-ADDR2: M-ADDR3: M-CITY: Colombo 7 M-STATE: M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka M-ZONE: M-ZIP: M-PHONE: (94-11) 269-4549 M-FAX: M-EMAIL: pushpisweet@hotmail.com M-CNTRY-ID: CE M-ADDRTYPE: B GENDER: F DOB: 05/08/1979 MAR-STAT: S BIRTH-CITY: Colombo BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka START MEMO POSITION: Research Intern, Ministry of Justice, June 2003- to date END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: END MEMO OTH
ER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: January-May 2003 - Trainee Counsellor/Adviser, Brent Victim Support Scheme, UK May-December 2002 - Legal Secretary, Fernando Co. Solicitors, UK 1989-99 - Radio Presenter, Asia Broadcasting Network, Sri Lanka END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 2000 - Short visit on holiday END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: United Kingdom - 1999-2003 - For Studies India - Jan. 1999 - Holiday France - Sept. 1999 - Holiday END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: LL.B., University of Buckingham, U.K., 2001 LL.M. University of Buckingham, U.K., 2003 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 goal on "Democratic Systems and Practices" 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: Joseph Novak START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: Ms. Weerakoon is a well rounded, young and dynamic lawyer and a civil servant with tremendous leadership potential, as evidenced by her numerous involvement in student associations. Currently working as a researcher in the Sri Lankan Ministry of Justice in Law Reform, she also serves as a justice of peace. Exposure to U.S. strategies of leadership development for women would broaden her perspective and enable her to augment her proven leadership potential. This 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: 167 PERSON-ID: 173 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: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 05.0207 SPONS-FUNDS: 0 SPONS-AGENCY1: DOS USGOVT-AGENCY1: DOS US-AGENCY-AMT1: 8000 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 advise acceptance of this nomination. Lunstead

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