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Ruvendrini Menikdiwela in Key UNHCR Role – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis News Item: “Secretary-General appoints Ms. Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).  Ms. Menikdiwela will succeed Gillian Triggs of Australia, to whom both the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Refugees are grateful for her dedicated service to the refugee cause. Ms. Menikdiwela, who currently serves as the Director in UNHCR’s New York Office, brings to the position several decades of professional experience working with and for refugees in UNHCR, including as UNHCR’s Representative in Pakistan and in Thailand.  She also held a number of other critical legal posts during her long career with ...

Nov 7, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged ,
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Ms. Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka – Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Source : un.org  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).  Ms. Menikdiwela will succeed Gillian Triggs of Australia, to whom both the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Refugees are grateful for her dedicated service to the refugee cause.    Ms. Menikdiwela, who currently serves as the Director in UNHCR’s New York Office, brings to the position several decades of professional experience working with and for refugees in UNHCR, including as UNHCR’s Representative in Pakistan and in Thailand.  She also held a number of other critical legal posts during her long career with the Organization, which began in 1988.   An expert in international refugee ...

Nov 7, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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High Commissioner Report on Sri Lanka – 1st Meeting, 54th Regular Session of Human Rights Council      Source : ohchr Summary Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka – OHCHR report on progress in reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka (res. 51/1) Description Item 2: Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and report of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General SPEAKERS: Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Introduction) Sri Lanka (Country Concerned), Ms. Himalee Subhashini Arunatilaka New Zealand, Ms. Anna Louise Duncan European Union, Mr. Thiseas Poullos United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ms. Rita French Oman, Mr. Idris Abdul Rahman Al Khanjari Liechtenstein, Mr. Kurt Jäger Egypt, Ms. Nahla Mohamed Hani Shafik Elrafei Luxembourg, Ms. Catherine Wiseler Germany, Mr. Felix Kroll France, Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont United States of America, Ms. Bathsheba N. Crocker ...

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