1. Address to the Asia Society, Washington DC, September 12, 2005

2. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI greeting Jayantha Dhanapala, Rome, November 2005

3. Receiving the 'Alan Cranston Peace Award', New York, April 16, 2002

4. With Dr. Javier Solana, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy in Brussels, 2006.

5. As President, Conference on Disarmament, with US Vice-President, George Bush Sr. 1984-Geneva

6. With Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi at Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process, Colombo, 2005

7. With Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani High Commission, Colombo, November 22, 2004

8. With Hon Shinzo Abe, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, 2005

9. Appointment as Commissioner to the United Nations Special Commission and the Head of the Special Group visiting the presidential sites in Iraq, 1998

11. Receiving Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2003

12. Receiving the Pax Christi Ireland Peace Award, 2002

13. Addressing the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons as Under-Secretary General Dept of Disarmament Affairs, 2001

14. Inaugural speaker at the 'Prominent Speakers Series', Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Fall Term, 1998

15. Receiving the 'Lifetime Achievement Award', Centre for Non-Proliferation Studies Monterey Institute for International Studies, 1998

16. Appointment as Senior Advisor to His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, December, 2005

17. Mohamed Sahabdeen Award for 'Peace and International Understanding' Lecture, 2005

18. President, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference, April 1995

19. Presentation of credentials as newly appointed Sri Lankan Ambassador to the USA to President William Clinton at the White House, Washington DC, March 1995

20. Appointment as Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the USA and Ambassador of Mexico (concurrent), 1995

21. Appointment as Deputy High Commissioner, Sri Lanka High Commission, New Delhi, India, 1981

22. Winner, Herald Tribune Essay Competition, with President (then Senator) John F Kennedy, 1957

23. Presidential Adviser meeting United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in Tokyo with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, 2006