Harim Peiris served as an advisor to the President of Sri Lanka (2001-05), as a member of the Government’s negotiation team with the LTTE after the tsunami and as Director General for Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation in the conflict-affected North and East. He is currently attached to the Council for Public Policy in Colombo.

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Accord Issue 19: Incentives, sanctions and conditionality

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