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In Appreciation of Jayantha Dhanapala-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Prasad Kariyawasam: an article entitled “Remembering Jayantha Dhanapala (1938-2023)” …….. presented in a booklet entitled “Hanthana Night” produced by University of Peradeniya Western Australia Chapter, 2023, pp. 50-52. “For those who had the good fortune of knowing and working with him, Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapla, was the quintessential diplomat, trustworthy colleague, all rounder par excellence and most importantly, a humanitarian to the core. His early life was shaped by two great educational institutions of international repute during his time – Trinity College Kandy and the University of Peradeniya. The Writer standing behind  Ambassador Dhanapala at the 40 nation Conference on Disarmament in Geneva in 1984 Born on 30 December 1938, Jayantha Cuda Bandara Dhanapala was a child of pre-independent Ceylon. When he joined the Foreign Service which was called the Overseas Service at the time in 1965, Sri Lanka was still Ceylon. Jayantha, ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , , ,
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Obituary: Jayantha Dhanapala (J.C.B.) – (1956, Lemuel) Veteran diplomat and former UN Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala (85) passed away at the Kandy National Hospital -Hospital Sources- dailymirror.lk May his soul rest in Peace. He also a distinguished old boy of Trinity College, Kandy and winner of Ryde Gold Medal for best  student in 1956 !  Jayantha DHANAPALA Member of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Distinguished member of Constitutional Council Jayantha Dhanapala is widely known for his Presidency of the 1995 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference. He served as United Nations Under-Secretary General for Disarmament and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the U.S. Jayantha Dhanapala served as the 11th President of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs from 2007 to 2017. He is a Distinguished Associate Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and a member of several other advisory boards ...

May 30, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Obituaries Tagged
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  REMEMBERING DIANA CAPTAIN – By SARATH AMUNUGAMA Source:Island A few weeks ago I was preoccupied with a devastating personal tragedy when the news of Diana’s death reached me adding to my grief. She was a beautiful,compassionate and lovable lady whom I had known from my student days at Trinity College Kandy. Kandy in the nineteen fifties was an idyllic town with many civic amenities. Of them the most important for us were the libraries and bookshops that dotted the town. Trinity had an impressive library which functioned under our teacher Vernon Jansze. He had co-opted some of us as curators who helped in the ordering of books, classifying them and stamping them with the college seal. As curators we could use the library freely not only during off periods but also during weekends. ...

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