Pascoe satisfied with Mullaitivu development

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe who met President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday, following a tour of Mullaitivu earlier in the day, has expressed satisfaction over the development taking place in the area.

President Rajapaksa explaining matters to Pascoe on the ongoing resettlement drive and infrastructure development in the North said that both were being carried out in a well planned and efficient manner.

During discussions Pascoe promised to make available the vast political experience the UN possesses at Sri Lanka's disposal whenever it is needed, the President's Media division said. Pascoe on the occasion also expressed happiness over President's political acumen and ability to solve problems and the success of his recent Indian visit, they added. Resident Coordinator of UN in Sri Lanka Neil Buhne, Ministers G.L. Peiris, Nimal Siripala De Silva, Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunge too were present.

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B. Lynn Pascoe

* Pascoe was previously United States Ambassador to Indonesia from 2004 to 2007 and to Malaysia from 1999 to 2001.

* On 4 September 2001, he took up duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. State Department.

* Earlier, he served as U.S. Special negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh and Regional Conflicts and the U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

* From 1993 to 1996, he was the director of the American Institute in Taiwan. He also served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the East Asian and Pacific Bureau of the State Department, Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Beijing

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