Sri Lanka Foreign Service Exam case studies
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The Sri Lanka Foreign Service Examination is the competitive recruitment route into the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, the diplomatic cadre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is intended for graduates who wish to represent the country abroad: serving in missions, negotiating, reporting on political and economic developments, and administering consular work. The Sri Lanka Foreign Service Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,736 words.
1Explanation of Vote at the Human Rights Council
You are the political counsellor at Sri Lanka's Permanent Mission in Geneva. A 47-member Human Rights Council session opens in nine days.
902 words, about 5 min2Reserves at $2.9 Billion: Import Ban or Exchange-Rate Adjustment?
Gross official reserves are 2.9 billion. The import bill has averaged 1.7 billion a month for two quarters.
965 words, about 5 min3An RTI Request for the Fisheries Negotiation Files
You head the Legal and Consular Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A journalist has filed a request under the Right to Information Act for fourteen documents: (i) draft minutes of three rounds of Sri Lanka–India fisheries talks, including a working paper listing possible catch limits; (ii) an internal legal memorandum on the 1974 agreement ceding Katchatheevu and on the 1976 arrangement on fishing rights; (iii) a letter from a foreign embassy about a detained vessel; and (iv) four routine administrative circulars on office procedure.
875 words, about 4 min4Cutting a 940-Word Communiqué to 350 Words Before the Deadline
The joint communiqué from a bilateral summit is due for release at 6 p.m. The full draft runs 940 words; the joint drafting committee has agreed a ceiling of 350.
1,016 words, about 5 min5Bilingual Release on an Evacuation: Terminology and Live Interpretation
A statement on the evacuation of 1,240 Sri Lankan workers from a conflict zone is to be released at 7 p.m. in Sinhala, Tamil and English.
978 words, about 5 min