CBK meets UNICEF head in NY

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga last week paid a courtesy call on the head of UNICEF, Ann Veneman in New York, and said she will do her bit to increase the UN children’s agency's profile in Asia.

She made the call at the office of the UN agency when she attended former Heads of Government summit hosted by former US President Bill Clinton on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly sessions of incumbent Heads of Government.

Ms. Veneman thanked Ms. Kumaratunga for her grand gesture towards UNICEF, but made no offer of a part-time or full-time job for the former Sri Lankan President.

UNICEF officials dismissed previous speculative reports that Ms. Kumaratunga has been offered the post of South Asian director general of UNICEF, saying that there was no such post in the agency.