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Jayantha Dhanapala, former UN Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs and a member of the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) | Credit: The Official CTBTO Photostream | CC BY 2.0
Jayantha Dhanapala, former UN Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs and a member of the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) | Credit: The Official CTBTO Photostream | CC BY 2.0

Jayantha Dhanapala

Past member, Board of Sponsors

Jayantha Dhanapala (1938-2023) is a former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs who served as the 11th President of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.

He is also a former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States and to the UN office in Geneva. He is the author of Small Arms Control: Old Weapons (1999), New Issues and Regional Approaches to Disarmament: Security and Stability (1993), and two other books.

Dhanapala has been awarded four honorary doctorates as well as the Sean MacBride Prize from the International Peace Bureau.

Dhanapala's Bulletin contributions:

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