norm-building in other areas such as missiles. He also broke new ground both in-house in taking managerial initiatives in gender mainstreaming and in work-life issues, as well as in the disarmament field by innovating the exchange of weapons for a development programme in Albania and other areas, and also in the cross-sectoral linking of disarmament with development, the environment and peace education programmes. Dhanapala was appointed Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) in Sri Lanka from 2004 - 2005. He was also Senior Special Advisor to both Presidents Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapakse during the period 2005-2007. Senior Special Advisor on Foreign Relations to President Maithripala Sirisena 12 January 2015 Candidate for the post of UN Secretary-General Sri Lanka's civil war hobbled Dhanapala's candidacy for United Nations Secretary-General. The opposition parties in Sri Lanka joined hands with the government on the day that his candidacy was announced. Honors and awards Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2000) Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris causa by the Monterey Institute of International Studies, U.S. (2001) Doctor of Science in the Social Sciences by the University of Southampton, UK (2003) Doctor of Letters (Honoris causa) by the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (2003) Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Dubna International University of Nature, Society and Man in Russia (2009) Sean MacBride Prize - From the International Peace Bureau - Awarded in November, (2007) Bibliography Multilateral Diplomacy and the NPT: An Insiders’ Account Jayantha Dhanapala with R. Rydell, Geneva: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 2005 Regional Approaches to Disarmament, Security and Stability Jayantha Dhanapala (ed.), Geneva: UNIDIR, 1993, published for UNIDIR by Dartmouth (Aldershot) The United Nations, Disarmament and Security: Evolution and Prospects Jayantha Dhanapala (ed.), Geneva: UNIDIR, 1991 China and the Third World Jayantha Dhanapala, New Delhi: Vikas, 1985 References Dhanapala quits Cargills Board to take up Senior Presidential Advisor role January 14, 2015 Dhanapala quits Cargills Board to take up Senior Presidential Advisor role January 14, 2015 Honorary Professor, Biography Professor Jayantha Dhanapala External links Jayantha Dhanapala Blog Speeches Challenging 'the Very Existence of WMD' Gender Perspectives on Disarmament Sri Lanka Peace Process: Problems and Prospects Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - EIF Conference Speeches Living people 1938 births Sinhalese civil servants Sri Lankan diplomats Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Peradeniya) Permanent Representatives of Sri Lanka to the United Nations