Informes

Reconstruction Aid of the German Federal Government hailed KfW Bankengruppe is donating EUR 1 million for emergency social measures following the disastrous underwater earthquake in Southeast Asia. KfW experts are currently visiting Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia to choose suitable projects,…

Compiled by UNDAC on the basis of information received from national authorities and humanitarian agencies. Highlights The numbers of displaced people in camps reported from various Districts has decreased by more than 30%. Many who were displaced due to fear or whose…

Child victims of the devastating Asian Tsunami will be at greater risk of disease, sexual and physical abuse and prolonged family separation if child protection measures are not urgently considered in the initial humanitarian response. The warning from international aid…

HIGHLIGHTS - The Government of Sri Lanka protests over Italian aid being provided directly to the LTTE - Dispute between the LTTE and the Government of Sri Lanka on the role of the newly appointed District Military Coordinators -…

Landmines are an ongoing threat in some places hit by the disaster -- but the risk has not increased dramatically. This is the word from experts, who question earlier reports of floating landmines and increased mine casualties in afflicted…

HIGHLIGHTS - UN Secretary General in Sri Lanka this week to discuss relief operations with the President of Sri Lanka and key government officials - SGBV incidents could not be confirmed. - Military takes over the distribution of relief supplies in twelve…

Heartbreak Brings Out the Best in Others Today, as we ride down the road to Hambantota District, we see children and their parents sifting through the rubble that had once been their homes...trying to find anything of value, trying to…

5 January 2005 12 Noon Hong Kong (PST +14 hours) Our assessment team labors diligently in Sri Lanka today, after four days in Thailand. Their return to U.S. was originally set for 10 January after meeting with me in Hong…

AS-02-2005 In recent days, the work carried out by UNICEF in Sri Lanka to draw attention to the plight of children affected by the tsunami is most laudable and is an example that must be taken up by others if…

HQ/2005/02 UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 January - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is requesting donors for approximately $28 million to help meet urgent health, hygiene and protection needs for women and youth in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Maldives,…