Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto
Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto | |
|---|---|
| Secretary-General of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal | |
| In office 1982–2011 | |
| Legal Adviser to the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence | |
| In office 1967–1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater | Royal College Colombo University of Peradeniya University of Cambridge |
Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto (commonly known as Chris Pinto) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and former diplomat. He was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission, Secretary General of Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, a former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Switzerland, and the first Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
He was educated at Royal College Colombo, where he won the Steward Prize and was a contemporary of Gamini Seneviratne and Lal Jayawardena.[9]
He was married to Yasodha Neiliya Jayawardena, daughter of N. U. Jayawardena, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon. Their son, Milinda Moragoda, is a former Minister and Senior Adviser to President.
References[edit]
- ↑ Lanka ready to make massive seabed claim
- ↑ New Sri Lankan Ambassador to The Netherlands presents Credentials
- ↑ Sri Lanka’s MCW Pinto appointed Arbitrator for Dispute between Denmark and the EU
- ↑ Sri Lanka’s Fifty Years at the UN
- ↑ Future of Sri Lanka lies in the sea
- ↑ National interests play paramount role in taking decisions
- ↑ Lanka ready to make massive seabed claim
- ↑ Lankan judge in international tribunal
- ↑ Questions of "Governance"
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