FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000854 SIPDIS C O R R E C T E D COPY(TAGS LINE) STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/M JANET BEARD/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 "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM", JUNE 16-JULY 7, 2005. PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0029 REF: COLOMBO 00765 ¶1. Post nominates Prabaghan "Ratnasabapathy" News Editor, "Virekesari" newspaper 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: 124 ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VM-2005-0029 PROJ-NAME: Investigative Journalism - June 16-July 7, 2005 START MEMO PROJ-DESC: END MEMO PROJ-DESC: PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor FY: 2004 DEPART-POST: 06/14/2005 SESSION-DATE: 06/16/2005 RETURN-POST: 07/09/2005 NO-OF-PART: 1 RANK-ORDER: 0 START MEMO POST-OBJ: This nomination is in support of MPP goal "Supporting Democratic System and Priactices." 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: U SUBJ-DISC: Print Journalism START BIO: PREFIX: Mr. F-NAME: Prabaghan M-NAME: L-NAME: RATHNASABAPATHY SUFFIX: POSITION-CODE: 622 PRINCIPAL?: Yes M-ADDR1: B34-3/1 Soyzapura Flats M-ADDR2: M-ADDR3: M-CITY: Moratuwa M-STATE: M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka M-ZONE: M-ZIP: M-PHONE: (94-11) 232-0881 M-FAX: (94-11) 244-8205 M-EMAIL: kesari25@virakesari.lk M-CNTRY-ID: CE M-ADDRTYPE: H GENDER: M DOB: 09/28/1960 MAR-STAT: M BIRTH-CITY: Badulla BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka START MEMO POSITION: News Editor, Virakesari, 2002- to date END MEMO POSITION: START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 1999-2001 - News Editor (Tamil),Maharaja Television/Maharaja Broadcasting 1986-99 - Senior Sub-Editor, Virakesari END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: START MEMO US-TRAVEL: None END MEMO US-TRAVEL: START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: Germany - 2003 - To cover for Virakesari - Peace Talks held between LTTE and the GOSL END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: START MEMO EDUCATION: General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) Examination , 1978 Certificate Course in Journalism, Open University of Sri Lanka, 1999 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: Tamil ENGL-READ: 3 ENGL-SPEAK: 3 ENGL-COMP: 3 START OTHER-LANGS: OTHER-LANG: Sinhala OTHER-LANG-ID: SI READ: 3 SPEAK: 3 COMP: 3 END OTHER-LANGS: START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: This nomination is in support of MPP goal "Supporting Democratic System 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: Bruce A. Lohof START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: A member of the senior management team of Virakesari, independet Tamil daily and weekly newspapers, Rathnasabathy is a key contact of Public Affairs office. Exposure to the values and ethics in investigative journalism will enhance his skills and will be mutual beneficial. This nomination has "full Country Team approval." 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: 164 PERSON-ID: 171 BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE RES-CNTRY-ID: CE FIRST-LANG-ID: TC E-I-TYPE-ID: NOM-POST-ID: 2929 NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: NOM-STATUS: N DS2019-ACTION: 1 DS2019-SUBJECT: 09.0401 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