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Ruvendrini Menikdiwela
UNHCR
Assistant High Commissioner (Protection)
Biography
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 06 November 2023 the appointment of Ruvendrini Menikdiwela of Sri Lanka as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Ms. Menikdiwela brings to the position several decades of professional experience working with and for refugees in UNHCR, including as UNHCR’s Representative in Pakistan and Thailand as well as Director of UNHCR’s office in New York. She also held a number of other critical legal posts during her long career with the Organization, which began in 1988. An expert in international refugee law, Ms. Menikdiwela holds a Maîtrise en Droit Publique Internationale from Université de Paris II (Assas), France. She speaks English, French, and Sinhalese.
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