Informes

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he will visit Sri Lanka later this week, in part to get a first-hand look at the situation on the ground after the Government declared that its military operation against the Liberation Tigers…

WFP is boosting food stocks and preparing nutritionally-rich food for women and children in order to meet the needs of IDPs displaced in the final days of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war. WFP is already feeding 250,000 people in temporary…

Baptist leaders of Sri Lankan Baptist Sangamaya (SLBS) visited a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the South Asian country in the wake of the war between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or…

NEW YORK, 19 May 2009 - "It is reported that access to some camps for internally displaced persons within Sri Lanka has become restricted. Full and unimpeded humanitarian access must be ensured so that children and women can receive…

The war in Sri Lanka may appear to be over, but its humanitarian crisis is still unfolding. In recent months, an estimated 265,000 Tamil civilians have fled the final battleground between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,…

Traumatised, exhausted and half-starved civilians who have fled Sri Lanka's conflict zone are being housed in camps without decent water and sanitation facilities and with inadequate food supplies, international aid agency Oxfam said today. The agency urged the Sri Lankan…

Baltimore, May 18, 2009 - Lutheran World Relief (LWR) partners working on the ground in Sri Lanka only have three to four more days' supply of food to feed thousands of people displaced by violence between the Sri Lankan…

Welthungerhilfe welcomes the cessation of the fighting which has continued for years between the Tamil rebel group, the LTTE, and the government in Sri Lanka. 'We are pleased that the people are no longer threatened by the terrible fighting'…

Highlights - 117,991 people have fled from the LTTE controlled areas during 20th April to date - The government troops have intensified operations in the no-fire zone and now only 3 Sq Km is still remaining under LTTE control. An estimated…

This report covers the period from 16 to 18 May 2009. The next report will be issued on or around 19 May. I. Highlights - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse is expected to announce in an address to Parliament…