Chamithri Rambukwella elected Vice Chair at UN

The United Nations General Assembly elected Ms. Chamithri Rambukwella, Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York, Vice-Chair of the Fifth Committee recently.

It was unanimously endorsed by the Asia-Pacific Group as at the Bureau of the Fifth Committee for the 69th Session (September 2014-August 2015) of the General Assembly.

She was not only the first Sri Lankan to chair this Committee but was also one of the youngest at the age of 27.

A past pupil of Ladies College, Colombo, Ms. Rambukwella was appointed Second Secretary to the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka in New York in September 2011 and has represented Sri Lanka at the Fifth Committee since October 2011.