{"id":124256,"date":"2023-11-07T10:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=124256"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:07:03","slug":"ruvendrini-menikdiwela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/ruvendrini-menikdiwela\/","title":{"rendered":"RUVENDRINI MENIKDIWELA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #800000;\"><strong>RUVENDRINI MENIKDIWELA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124257 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RUVENDRINI.jpeg\" alt=\"RUVENDRINI MENIKDIWELA \" width=\"254\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Image Source:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unhcr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ruven Menikdiwela is currently serving as the UNHCR Representative in Pakistan, to which function she was appointed in September 2017. Prior to taking up her assignment in Pakistan, she was the UNHCR Representative in Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ms. Menikdiwela\u2019s career with UNHCR spans over 27 years and includes a range of functions both at UNHCR Headquarters as well as its country operations in Thailand (where she also served previously in 1993), Turkmenistan, and the United States. Ms. Menikdiwela obtained her LLB and her LLM in European Community and Public International Law from the University of Paris II. She is fluent in English and French.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Functions with UNHCR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept 2017\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 UNHCR Representative in Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; 2017\u00a0 \u00a0UNHCR Representative in Thailand<\/li>\n<li>2011 \u2013 2015\u00a0 Head, Investigation Service, Inspector General\u2019s Office, UNHCR Headquarters,Geneva<\/li>\n<li>2007 \u2013 2011\u00a0 Deputy Director, Division of International protection, UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva<\/li>\n<li>2004 \u2013 2007 Head of Desk for the Middle East and North Africa, Regional Bureau for Central Asia, South West Asia, the Middle East and North Africa (CASWANAME), UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva<\/li>\n<li>2001 \u2013 2004\u00a0 UNHCR Representative in Turkmenistan<\/li>\n<li>1997 \u2013 2001\u00a0 \u00a0Senior Legal Adviser, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva<\/li>\n<li>1993 \u2013 1997\u00a0 Protection Officer, UNHCR Representation in Thailand<\/li>\n<li>1991 \u2013 1993\u00a0 Associate Legal Officer, UNHCR Representation in the United States<\/li>\n<li>1988 \u2013 1991\u00a0 Associate Legal Officer, Division of Refugee Law and Doctrine, UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUVENDRINI MENIKDIWELA Image Source:\u00a0unhcr Ruven Menikdiwela is currently serving as the UNHCR Representative in Pakistan, to which function she was appointed in September 2017. Prior to taking up her assignment in Pakistan, she was the UNHCR Representative in Thailand. 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