UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA

UNA List of Patrons, Vice Patron, Honorary Members, Diplomatic Corps.

Patron

  • His Excellency RANIL WICKREMASINGHE President of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Life Member)

Patrons Emeritus

  • President Gotabhaya Rajapaksha
  • President Mithiripala Sirisena
  • President Mahinda Rajapaksha
  • President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaarthunga (Life Member)
  • President Dingiri Banda Wijethunga
  • President Ranasinghe Premadasa
  • President J. R. Jayawardana
  • President Williem Gopallawala

 

Chief Vice Patron

  • Honourable Dinesh Gunawardana, MP Prime Minister

 

Vice Patrons

  • The Speaker of Parliament, The Honourable Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena , MP
  • The Honourable Sajith Premadasa, MP, Leader of the Opposition
  • His Excellency Srilankabimana His Excellency Lankabimanaya Christopher Gregory

WEERAMANTRY Judge ad-hoc of the International Court of Justice (Life Member)

  • Brigadier Granville V. Elapata,vsv (Life Member)

 

Honorary and a Founder Members

  • Kumaran FERNANDO (deceased) (Life Member)
  • Lalith Athulathmudali (deceased) (Life Member)

 

Honorary Members

  • W.Deepika PRIYANGANIE, BA (deceased)
  • Indrajith WIJEKULASURIYA
  • Brigadier Granville ELAPATA, VSV
  • Dharmadasa VITHARANA
  • M. Zawahir
  • HRH Prince,Dato Seri, Deshakeerthi ,Ambassador Dr. M. M. M. Rushanudeen, JP (W/I)
  • Chandanie Pushmataha Silva
  • K J W Nainankada
  • J A Chandanie Jayasinghe
  • W W Dayarathna

 

Honorary Life Presidents – Sri Lanka

  • Liyanage Henry Horace PERERA (deceased)
  • Desamanya Ambassador Dr. Gamini COREA, D Phil (Oxon) MA (Cantab), (Life Member)
  • Desamanya Ambassador Dr. V.L.B.MENDIS, M Phil (Lond) Phd (Col), (Life Member) (Deceased)
  • Desabandu Dr Siran DERANIYAGALA, MA (Cantab), phD (Harv) Past Pre sident, (Deceased) (Life Member)
  • Desamanya Ambassador Nissanka WIJEWARDENE, Past President (Deceased) ( Life Member )
  • Ambassador Jayantha DHANAPALA, Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs and Chairman of the UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Conference
  • Honourable Justice Shirani TILAKAWARDENE Judge of the Supreme Court

 

Honorary Life Presidents – Overseas

  • Professor Agni VLAVIANOS-ARVANITIS – Greece (Founder & President of the Bio politics International Organization) – (BIO) and the International University for the Bio Environment
  • President Nelson MANDELA (SA) – ( Founder & President of the Republic of South Africa ) (deceased)
  • President Mikhail S GORBACHEV, (Russia) Former President USSR (Chairman of the GORBACHEV FOUNDATION in Russia)
  • Ambassador Javier Perez DE CUELLAR, (Peru) – (Secretary – General Emeritus of the UN)
  • Ambassador Maurice F STRONG (Canada), (Former Under Secretary – General of the UN), Secretary General of the UN Conference on the Environment, Stockholm 1972 and 1992 Chairman, The Earth Council
  • Dr Marek HAGMAJER (Poland), Secretary General World Veterans Federation, Secretary-General Emeritus, of the WFUNA, President Special NGO Committee on Human Rights, Geneva
  • Dr Serguei GRIBKOV, Secretary General Emeritus of the former UNA of the USSR

 

Honorary Life Vice Presidents

  • Eric C ABEYWARDENE, (Life Member)
  • Professor Lakshman MARASINGHE, PhD (Lond), LLM (Lond) LLB (Lond), (Life Member)
  • M Herman P PERERA, JP, UM

Complimentary Life Members – Sri Lanka

  • Suresh JOACHIM,
  • P N NANDADASA,
  • Desmond FERNANDO, PC,
  • P Yasith DE SILVA,
  • John K WIJESINGHE, JP, UM, (Deceased)
  • Prasanna VITHANAGE,
  • David TELDENIYA,
  • Arjuna RANATUNGA ,
  • Dilantha MALAGAMUWA,
  • J V W NAINANKADA,
  • Daniel BOLLEGALA,
  • Lawrence PERERA,
  • W H DAYARATNE,
  • P R Anthonis,
  • Mahendra AMARASURIYA,
  • Nadeeka PERERA,
  • Nandawathi NANAYAKKARA,
  • T Anushka Damayanthi FERNANDO

 

Complimentary Life Members – Overseas

  • Tony GREIG,
  • Louise FINKLER-BAHR,
  • C Jan KAMP,
  • Ren HOUKUN,
  • Hank Bartus Johannes FRISO ,
  • Stefan PFEIFFER,
  • Dr Fredrich Erhardt DIETRICH

 

Life Patrons – Sri Lanka

  • Professor Lorna DEWARAJA, BA (Hon), phD (Lond)
  • Adesh Ronald WIDMER (s w)
  • Major General C H FERNANDO, vsv
  • James A FEATHER
  • G J MONIE
  • M M ZAWAHIR
  • Colonel Dr P A C De SILVA (Deceased)
  • HRH Prince Dato Seri Deshakeerthi Ambassador Dr. M. M. M. Rushanudeen, JP (W/I)
  • Nandadasa RAJAPAKSE
  • Manjula DE SILVA
  • E M S EDIRISINGHE(Deceased)

 

National Executive Committee 2022/2023

  • M. M. Zawahir (President)
  • HRH Prince Dato Seri Deshakeerthi Ambassador Dr. M. M. M. Rushanudeen, JP (W/I) (Executive Chairman)
  • Errol G. Smith, FIM (SL), FCPM, AMIA (UK), MJF, O St.J (Secretary – General)
  • Kumudu Weerasinghe (Treasurer)
  • Dharmadasa Vitharana (Editor & Assistant Treasurer)
  • Mr Sampath Priyankara, BIT(Colombo), MBA(London Met) (Deputy Executive Chairman)
  • Rohan P. Dayaratne (Deputy Executive Chairman)
  • Mr D M Siriwardena (Vice Chairman)
  • M. Z. M. Nizar, JP (Vice Chairman)
  • E. Karunaratne, MBBS (Ceylon) FRCOG (UK) (Vice Chairman)
  • Sarath Samarage (Assistant Secretary – General)
  • R. H. Ashoka Perera (Assistant Secretary – General)
  • T. Anver Dole (Assistant Secretary – General)
  • Upali Jayawardane (Assistant Secretary – General)
  • S.M.K. Abeywardane (Assistant Secretary – General)
  • Ms Shyama Wijekulasuriya (Assistant Secretary – General)

 

Executive Members of the Committee

  • Ravi H. Nagarajah
  • Sanjeewa De Silva
  • Panchali Rathnayake
  • Chandima Binduhewa
  • M. Z. M. Haneffa
  • Arthie Jayawardane

 

Officers of the Association

  • Sameera Perera, Company Secretary, Attorney at law

Honorary Legal Advisors

  • Chitral FERNANDO Attorney-at-law

 

Auditors of the Association

  • Karunadasa & Company

 

Official Printers

  • Lake House Printers & Publishers Ltd,
  • Dilruk Printers
  • Eshan Enterprises
  • Smart Print

 

Diplomatic Members

  • Commonwealth of Nations,
  • The High Commissioner from the Court of Saint James and the High Commissioners of Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Maldives, Canada South Africa and Australia
  • Other Countries: The Ambassadors of Cuba, Germany, China, Korea, Canada, Switzerland, Indonesia, Norway, Iran, Saudi, Arabia South Africa and the European Union

 

Immediate Past President

  • Major General Upul Perera (Retired)

 

Past Presidents

  • Major General Upul Perera (Retired)
  • Professor Lakshman MARASINGHE,LLD (Lond),b LLM (Lond), LLB (Lond), University Professor and Head of the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • Rohini Nanayakkkara
  • Rienzie T Wijetilleke, FCIM
  • Ambassador S A C M ZUHYLE
  • Ambassador General Cyril RANATUNGE, former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Defense Secretary and former High Commissioner to the Court of Saint James
  • Desamanya Ambassador Nissanka WIJEWARDENE, Former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, Former Chairman Bank of Ceylon, Former Chairman of the Greater Colombo Economic Commission and former Secretary to the last Governor-General and numerous other high positions in the Ceylon Civil Service
  • Desamanya Ambassador Neville KANAKARATNE, Governor-Southern Province and former Ambassador to the USA and the USSR and High Commissioner to India, former Legal Advisor to three former Secretaries-General of the United Nations and former UN Commissioner for Nambia. (Deceased)
  • Desamanya Ambassador Dr Vernon L B MENDIS,M Phil (Lond) PhD (Colombo), former High Commissioner to the Court of Saint James and Ambassador to France, now Director General Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute (BIDTI) (Deceased)
  • Desamanya Dr. Gamini COREA, MA (Cantab) D Phil (Oxon), former Under Secretary-General of the UN and Secretary-General of the UNCTAD, former Ambassador to the European Union
  • Desabandu Dr. Siran DERANIYAGALA, MA (Cantab), PhD (Harv), former Director General of Archaeology
  • Professor Lakshman MARASINGHE,LLD (Lond),b LLM (Lond), LLB (Lond), University Professor and Head of the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
  • Desabandu Dr F G Hudson SILVA, Founder & President of Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society Limited. (Deceased)
  • The Honourable Felix R Dias BANDARANAIKE, MP (Deceased)
  • Senator the Honourable Dr. M.V.P.Peiris. (Deceased)
  • Major the Honourable Montague JAYAWICKREME, MP, (Deceased)

 

Honorary Members of the National Executive Committee

  • Brig Gen Granville Elapatha
  • Ms Chandani VITHARANA (Most Senior Member)
  • G. P. P. Silva
  • Meril Perera
  • Lalith Peris

 

Honorary Resident Representative – Overseas

  • Ambassador Dr.Mohamed Samir Mohamed Hassan (Overseas Honorary Resident Representative in Arab Republic of Egypt, Libya and United Arab Emirates)
  • Ambassador Dr. Bassam Massalakhi Farchouck (Economist) (Overseas Honorary Resident Representative in Republic of Lebanon and Arab Republic of Syria)
  • Ambassador Dr. Zana Tahsin Shaker Khafaf (Overseas Honorary Resident Representative for Kurdistan, Republic of Iraq)

 

Past Patrons, who were Governors-General of The Dominion and Presidents of the Republic

  • 1950 – His Excellency the Right Honourable Herewald Ramsbothan, Baron Soulbury of Soulbury, GCMG,GCVO,OBE,MC (Second Governor-General of the Dominion
  • His Excellency Sir Oliver Ernest GOONETILLEKE,GCMG,KCVO,KBE,K St J (Third Governor-General of the Dominion )
  • His Excellency William GOPALLAWA,MBE, LLd (HC) Peradeniya, LLd (HC) Vidyalankara, D.Litt (HC) Vidyodaya, Fourth and Last Governor-General of the Dominion, first President of the Republic
  • His Excellency Junius Richard JAYAWARDENE, (First Executive President of the Republic)
  • His Excellency Ranasinghe PREMADASA, (Second Executive President of the Republic)
  • His Excellency Dingiri Banda WIJETUNGA (Third Executive President of the Republic)
  • Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA (Fourth Executive President of the Republic)
  • His Excellency Mahinda RAJAPAKSHA (Fifth Executive President of the Republic)
  • His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena (Sixth Executive President of the Republic)
  • His Excellency Gotabhaya RAJAPAKSHA (Seventh Executive President of the Republic)

 

Past Vice Patrons

  • The Prime Ministers of the Republic
  • The Right Honourable Don Stephen SENANAYAKE, PC, MP
  • The Honourable Dudley Shelton SENANAYAKE, MP
  • General the Right Honourable Sir John Lionel KOTALAWALA, PC, CH, KBE, MP
  • The Honourable Solomon West Ridgeway Dias BANDARANAIKE, MP
  • The Honourable Dr Wijayananda DAHANAYAKA, MP
  • The Honourable Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias BANDARANAIKE, MP
  • The Honourable J R Jayawardhana,MP
  • The Honourable Ranasinghe PREMADASA, First appointed Prime Minister)
  • The Honourable Dingiri Banda WIJETUNGA, MP (Second appointed Prime Minister)
  • The Honourable Ranil WICKREMESINGHE, MP (Third appointed Prime Minister)
  • The Honourable Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGE, MP (Fourth appointed Prime Minister)
  • The Honourable Mahinda RAJAPAKSE, MP (Fifth appointed Prime Minister)
  • The Honourable Rathnasiri Wickramanayake MP
  • The Honourable D M Jayarathne MP