The new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, H.E. Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona presented his credentials to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently.

After the presenting of credentials Dr. Kohona had discussions with the Secretary-General on matters of mutual interest. Dr. Kohona before assuming the current position he was the Foreign Secretary, Special Advisor on the Peace Process and Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) and was a member of the Government delegation which participated in the Peace Talks with the LTTE in 2006.

The new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, H.E. Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, presenting his credentials to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. on 11 September 2009.

He also has served as the Chief of the United Nations Treaty Section, in New York, which position he held since 1995.

The Treaty Section is responsible for discharging the Secretariat’s mandate to register treaties under Article 102 of the Charter and the depositary functions of the Secretary-General for Multilateral Treaties e.g. The Land Mines Convention, Kyoto Protocol, Bio-Safety Protocol, Treaties on Terrorism and Organised Crime and Human Rights. The Treaty Section is the custodian of over 500 multilateral treaties, covering the spectrum of international interaction.