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

Jayantha Dhanapala is a former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs who is currently serving 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: