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Our man in India re-elected to UNCMW
View(s):Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in India, Prasad Kariyawasam was re-elected to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), at the election held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on May 30, 2013. The election was for seven vacancies within the Committee. The other experts elected along with Ambassador Kariyawasam are from Argentina, Bangladesh, Honduras, Mali, Philippines and Senegal.
The UN Committee on Migrant Workers comprises 14 experts elected for a term of four years, by State Parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. The Committee’s main task is to monitor the implementation of the Convention.
Sri Lanka’s candidate, Ambassador Kariyawasam obtained the highest number of votes at the election, signifying an unprecedented endorsement and recognition by the State Parties, of the contribution made by Sri Lanka and Ambassador Kariyawasam towards the promotion of human rights of migrant workers, a media release from the Ministry of External Affairs said.
This significant endorsement also reflects the recognition of the competence of Sri Lanka’s candidate, Ambassador Kariyawasam, who has chaired the UN Committee on Migrant Workers at its inception from 2004-2008.
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