Lankan envoy in jury of Time for Peace Awards

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva served on the jury committee of the Time for Peace Film & Music Awards 2007/2008 which was held in London on May 12, 2008.

Ambassador Jayatilleka was one of 26 Ambassadors who were selected from among the 163 Ambassadors/Permanent Representatives based in Geneva to serve as jury committee members of the Award ceremony 2007/2008. Ambassador Jayatilleka is also invited to serve on the jury committee of the Time for Peace Film & Music Awards 2008/2009.

The 2007/2008 Time for Peace Film & Music Award winners are: Michael Winterbottom - English Language Film Award (A Mighty Heart), Alexander Sokurov - Europeam Film Award (Alexandra), John Carney - European Film Award (Once), Naomi Kawase - Asian Film Award (The Mourning Forest) and Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Music Film Award.

The Time for Peace Film & Music Awards, launched in New York in 1994 by Marion Einbeck and Robert Einbeck, is a response to the need for popularizing films and music recognized for their artistic quality that further the ideals of humanist values such as tolerance, better understanding between people, respect for differences and human solidarity.