Jayantha Dhanapala

Jayantha Dhanapala is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs (1998-2003) and a former ambassador of Sri Lanka to the USA (1995-1997) and to the UN Office in Geneva (1984-1987). He is currently Chairman of the UN University Council, an honorary Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and several other advisory boards of international bodies. As a Sri Lankan diplomat he served in London, Beijing, Washington, D.C., New Delhi and Geneva.