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Prasad Kariyawasam, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva was elected without a vote as Vice Chairperson of the UN Commission on Human Rights. This is the first time that Sri Lanka holds office in the Bureau of the Geneva based human rights body. A product of Richmond College Galle, Parasad Kariyawasam joined the Sri Lanka Foreign Service in 1981. He has held diplomatic assignments at Sri Lanka Missions in Geneva, Riyadh, Washington and New Delhi. He is also the Consul General of Sri Lanka to Switzerland and the Personal Representative of the Head of State of Sri Lanka to the G-15. Libya was elected to head the Commission while representatives of Peru and Australia were also elected vice-chairpersons.
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