Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan kammala karatunta a 1982, Kunanayakam ta shiga Shirin Ci Gaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNDP) a Geneva, inda ta yi aiki har zuwa 1983. Tsakanin 1983 da 1984 ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara da mai ba da shawara kan manufofi ga Lutheran World Federation. A ƙarshen Yuli 1983 ta aika da faks ga wakilan Lutheran na Duniya da ke halartar taron Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya a Vancouver, suna tantance su na kwanan nan
rikicin da aka yi wa Tamil da ya faru a Sri Lanka: