Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York, Waruna Sri Dhanapala, has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the Second Committee for its 68th Session.
The Asia-Pacific group unanimously endorsed his appointment to the Bureau of the Second Committee, according to the Defence Ministry's website.
He is the second Sri Lankan appointed to in a senior position in the last week. Ambassador Palitha Kohona was elected as the chair of the UN’s sixth legal Committee.