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MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER DOWNER AA 02 070 25 Nov 2002 I am pleased to announce further Australian support for the Sri Lankan peace process. At a donors meeting being hosted by the Norwegian Government in Oslo today, Australia is pledging…

Appeal Target: US$ 485,075 Geneva, 19 November 2002 Dear Colleagues, The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka worsened drastically after 1983 - years in which the entire Tamil community living in the north and east of the country have been…

Geneva, 31 October 2002 - The second round of peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) is presently taking place in Thailand. The first round of peace talks has given some assurance that…

July 2002 - June 2003 Government of Sri Lanka & United Nations Country Team, Sri Lanka I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This document presents the UN-supported elements of a joint Government/UN strategy to support the immediate needs of over 100,000 returning internally…

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 1 July 2002 for CHF 2,457,000 for 9 months. Budget revised to CHF 1,748,000 Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) Allocated: CHF 200,000 Beneficiaries: 18,000 Period covered: 1…

By Lindsay Beck HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Aid workers stepped up relief efforts on Monday to provide food for 18,000 people suffering the worst effects of a drought crippling southern Sri Lanka. Red Cross volunteers handed out…

SUPPORTING SRI LANKA'S TRANSITION TO PEACE Over 100,000 internally displaced persons have moved towards their places of origin since January 2002 The 'All Children Back to School' programme represents one of the first 'peace dividends' Mine risk education intensified…

Many families in southern Sri Lanka are being forced to eat tree leaves as a substitute for vegetables, along with meagre rice rations, to survive. Three successive years of drought have again led to crop failure and the lack…

THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 2,457,000 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 18,000 BENEFICIARIES (3, 000 families) FOR 9 MONTHS The Situation Two and a half years of severe drought in Southern Sri Lanka's Hambantota District continues unabated. More than 400,000 people,…