{"id":143760,"date":"2015-04-30T01:51:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T20:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=143760"},"modified":"2015-04-30T01:51:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T20:21:36","slug":"removing-tamara-kunanayakam-would-be-an-embarrassment-to-sri-lanka-dr-kumar-r-prof-rajiva-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/removing-tamara-kunanayakam-would-be-an-embarrassment-to-sri-lanka-dr-kumar-r-prof-rajiva-w\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Tamara Kunanayakam Would Be An Embarrassment To Sri Lanka: Dr. Kumar R &#038; Prof Rajiva W"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Removing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Tamara+Kunanayakam&amp;x=13&amp;y=1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tamara Kunanayakam<\/span><\/a>\u00a0the Chairperson for the Intergouvernemental Working Group on the Right to Development of the Human Rights Council, from her position\u00a0would be an embarrassment to Sri Lanka, when no reason is provided for her removal, say\u00a0Professdor Rajiva Wijesingha and\u00a0Dr. Kumar Rupesinghe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_49278\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Tamara_Kunanayakam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Tamara_Kunanayakam.jpg\" alt=\"Tamara Kunanayakam\" width=\"140\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamara Kunanayakam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sending a letter to the members of the National Executive Council, they say the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pressing upon the Commission members to remove her from her position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the letter in full;<\/p>\n<p>Letter to the President Maithripala Sirisena,<br \/>\nFormer President Chandrika Kumaratunga.<br \/>\nHon. Prime Minister. Ranil Wickremesinghe<br \/>\nLeader of the Opposition.<br \/>\nHon.N. Sambanthan,Leader of the Tamil National Alliance,<br \/>\nHon. Anura Kumar Dissanyake, The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, (JVP)<br \/>\nHon, Rauff Hakeem, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, (SLMC)<br \/>\nHon. Disnesh Gunewardena, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (M.E.P)<br \/>\nHon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara<br \/>\nOthers.<\/p>\n<p>Tamara Kunanayakam, former \u00a0Ambassador to Cuba, the Holy See and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, is currently since 2011 the Chairperson for the Intergouvernemental Working Group on the Right to Development of the Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pressing upon the Commission members to remove her from her position. Tamara Kunanayakam, has served Sri Lanka in Cuba, the Holy See and Geneva, and has build significant goodwill and a reputation among \u00a0its members particularly from the Non Aligned countries but also from the other blocs. The removal of her from the Working group at this late state, when the Commission is to begin its proceedings would be an embarrassment to Sri Lanka, when no reason is provided for her removal.<\/p>\n<p>We, the undersigned request that the decision of the Ministry be reconsidered.<\/p>\n<p>Signed:<br \/>\nProfessdor Rajiva Wijesingha<br \/>\nDr. Kumar Rupesinghe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":49278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Removing Tamara Kunanayakam Would Be An Embarrassment To Sri Lanka: Dr. Kumar R &amp; 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