Community
Office bearers
Friends of the National Library
Chairman: Dr Leel Gunasekara, Vice Chairman: H D Premasiri,
Secretary: Padma Bandaranayake, Assistant Secretary: W Sunil, Treasurer:
Senani Bandara, Committee Member: M D H Jayawardhana, Nuwaraeliye
Hemapala, Nelson Pieris, Janaki Fernando, Malani Thilakarathna, Jacintha
Senevirathna, Dushyanthi Daniel and Amara Nanayakkara
Advisers: Chairman, N L D S B, Prof Somarathna Balasuriya;
Director General (Acting), N L D S B, N H M Chithrananda; Senior
Assistant Librarian, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Punchibanda
Gallaba; Chairman, Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association, Ariyadasa
Weeraman
OTSC
President: Dulip Soysa, Vice Presidents: Dr C L V Abeynaike
and Sarath Colonne, Hony Secretary: Shehan de Alwis, Hony Assistant
Secretary: Dilvan Abeysekara, Hony Treasurer: Eransaka Perera, Hony
Social Secretary: Tusitha de Alwis, Hony Bar Secretary: Palitha Mendis,
Hony Pool and Club House Secretary: Vasantha Wanigasooriya, Hony Club
Captain: Shiven Wijeratnam, Swimming and Waterpolo Captain: Prashan
Perera, Surf and Life Saving Captain: Steffan de Rosairo, Cricket
Secretary: Arjuna Rajawasam. Committee: Winston Abeynaike, Kapila
Waidyaratne, C P S Mendis, Senaka Peiris, Chinthaka Hennayake and
Sanjeewa Hewagamage. Club Manager: Cyrilton Sellahewa
Friends of the Accident Service
Patron: Director-National Hospital Sri Lanka Colombo,
President: Dr U P Ariyawanse - Director Accident Service, Secretary:
Lion Al Haj M I M Razeek MJF (Diamond Pin), JP, Treasurer: Lion Alhaj
Ashroff Hussein, first Vice President: Lion Rajah Sinnathuray, second
Vice President: Daya Bollegala, third Vice President: Alhaj Nizam Cader,
Assistant Secretary: A K Chandralatha (Matron, Accident Service),
Assistant Treasurer: T A D Gunathilake, Coordinator: Pushpa Zoysa,
In-charge Nursing Institute (Accident Service). Committee Members: Tissa
Jayaweera, B G Jirasinghe, M A Stanley Perera, Alhaj U T Muhajireen, H P
Piyasiri, Alhaj Amanullah Sharieff, Pasella, Dayasiri Warnakulasuriya,
Sulochana Nawarathnam, Sunil Karunanayake, Alhaj M Adamjee, Alhaj M H A
Sattar, Manoj Wijeratne and Alhaj Shibly Hashim
Sri Lanka German Friendship Society
Patron: Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Vice
Patrons: Joe Aloysius, Jim Ramanayake, Dio Wijewardane, Dianne
Wijewardane, Raja Sinnathuray, Ursula Dimont and Nihal Abeygunawardane.
President: Helga Olga Schafheutle. Vice President: Sumana Liyanage,
Heinz Reuter. Hony Secretary: T D Padmasiri, Hony Treasurer: Dr Yasmin
Fazil, Hony Assistant Secretary: Manick Rodrigo, Hony Assistant
Treasurer: Carlo Ponnambalam, Committee Members: Clarence Welikala,
Vijaya Corea, Gertrude Nanayakkara, Dudley Thambinayagam, Thilak
Fernando, G Anton de Livera, Ruwan Ratnaweera, Vijitha Seneviratne,
Rohan Tudawe, Upali A Gooneratne German Cultural Institute
Representatives Director: Bjouern Ketels, Omar Ghouse
Feather in Dr de Zoysa's cap
Dr Damitha de Zoysa |
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry Secretary Dr
Damitha de Zoysa was nominated and elected as the Vice Chairperson of
the next biennium at the Compliance Committee's ninth session of the
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission's (IOTC) 16th session held in Freemantle,
Australia from April 18 to 20, 2012.
Her nomination was proposed by Australia and seconded by France.
Sri Lanka became a member state of the IOTC in October 1996. Dr de
Zoysa led the delegation to the 16th session of the IOTC held from April
22 to 26, 2012 at the same venue.
Roberto Cesari of the European Union was nominated and re-elected as
the chairman for the next biennium of the CoC.
The nomination of Dr de Zoysa as Vice-Chairperson of the CoC for the
next biennium was proposed by Ann Willock, representative from Australia
and seconded by Nicolas Gorodestka, head of delegation of France.
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