Cablegate: Fy 05 Iv Program: Sri Lankan Nominee for Mrp

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181006Z May 04

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000807

SIPDIS

STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/M ISABELLE ZSOLDOS/AZZA MOUNIB-ZAKI;
INFO ECA/PE/V/R/N/-LARRY A. MOODY, SA/PD

E.O.12958: N/A
TAGS: OEXC KPAO SCUIL OEXC
SUBJECT: FY 05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP
"U.S. JUDICIAL SYSTEM I" NOVEMBER 18-DECEMBER 9, 2004.
PROJECT NO. E/VM-2005-0006

REF: COLOMBO 00765

1. Post nominates Saliya K.M. "Pieris", Attorney-at Law,
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka for participation in subject
project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full
country team approval."

2. Nomination is as follows:

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: automated processing in Washington and should not be
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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: 122
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VM-2005-0006
PROJ-NAME: U.S. Judicial System I - November 18-December 9,
2004
START MEMO PROJ-DESC:

END MEMO PROJ-DESC:
PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor
FY: 2004
DEPART-POST: 11/16/2004
SESSION-DATE: 11/18/2004
RETURN-POST: 12/11/2004
NO-OF-PART: 1
RANK-ORDER: 0
START MEMO POST-OBJ:
This nomination is in support of MPP goal "Supporting Human
Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law".
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: Judicial System
START BIO:
PREFIX: Mr.
F-NAME: Saliya Kithsiri
M-NAME: Mark
L-NAME: PIERIS
SUFFIX:
POSITION-CODE: 321
PRINCIPAL?: Yes
M-ADDR1: 811/3 Bloemendhal Road
M-ADDR2:
M-ADDR3:
M-CITY: Colombo 15
M-STATE:
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka
M-ZONE:
M-ZIP:
M-PHONE: (94-11) 535-1624
M-FAX: (94-11) 461-8866
M-EMAIL: manouri@stmail.lk
M-CNTRY-ID: CE
M-ADDRTYPE: B
GENDER: M
DOB: 05/16/1968
MAR-STAT: M
BIRTH-CITY: Colombo
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka
START MEMO POSITION:
Attorney-at-Law, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, 1997- to date
END MEMO POSITION:
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
Lecturer, Centre for Professional Studies, 1990- to date
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
1992-97 - State Council, Attorney General's Department
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:
START MEMO US-TRAVEL:
None
END MEMO US-TRAVEL:
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
Australia - 2001 - Holiday
New Zealand and Hong Kong - 2002 - Holiday

END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
START MEMO EDUCATION:
LL.B. , Open University of Sri Lanka, 1998
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka Law College, 1992
END MEMO EDUCATION:
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS:
Member, Bar Association of Sri Lanka
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 "Supporting Human
Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law".
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:
Mr. Pieris, an attorney appearing for the Sri Lanka's
Supreme Court and a prominent member of the legal
community, has also been lecturing in the field of law and
jurisprudence for over a decade. Given his professional
standing as well as his position as an educator, Pieris
would be able to use the lessons from the program on the
"U.S. Judicial System" both to bring perspective to high
level legal proceedings as well as to influence a broad
audience of young Sri Lankan legal professionals.
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: 161
PERSON-ID: 168
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: 22.0299
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:
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3. Please advise acceptance of this nomination.
Lunstead

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