Informes

COLOMBO, Jan 3, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A British military vessel has followed the deployment of US marines to assist in Sri Lanka's Tsunami disaster relief task, Sri Lankan government officials said Monday. HMS Chatham, a British Army vessel,…

By Chaitanya Kalbag COLOMBO, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tsunami devastation has drawn a huge international aid response, but a geopolitical game of influence between India and the United States is playing not too subtly in the background, analysts…

IP/05/01 Colombo, 3 January 2005 European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, expressed today to the Sri Lankan people the firm commitment of the European Commission to help them to recover from the unprecedented devastation caused by the tidal…

Rome, January 3rd 2005 - INTERSOS, Italian humanitarian NGO, is now organising the reception in Colombo airport and the subsequent forwarding to the targeted community - of a humanitarian cargo, donated by the Italian cooperation. The flight will leave from…

Written by Till Mayer, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Galle, Sri Lanka - M.K. Ahula kicks the scratched teapot with his toe. Nearby, the waves are beating on the grey stones, hiding the rubble in the sand. Between…

Australian NGOs are providing emergency assistance to the many communities in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia that were devastated by the massive earthquake overnight. Australian aid agencies are supporting their local partners in these countries…

Solidarités, association d'aide humanitaire d'urgence, affrète un avion qui part jeudi pour le Sri Lanka o=F9 il sera réceptionné sur place par une équipe de l'association. Cet avion contient notamment 7,5 tonnes de biscuits vitaminés, 4 tonnes de bâches plastiques,…

NR-05.001E - January 3, 2005 OTTAWA - The Minister of National Defence, Bill Graham, announced today that the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) will be deployed to the Ampara region of Sri Lanka. The region, one of the most significantly…

Introduction: On Sunday, December 26th morning tsunamis triggered by massive earthquakes in the Sumatra and Nicobar regions, plunged Sri Lanka into crisis. These waves initially lashed the Eastern coast and subsequently hit many areas of the Southern and Western coasts…

In consultation with the National Steering Committee on Mine Action, technical assessments were conducted by UNDP, MAG, DDG, NPA, HDU (TRO), FSD, and the HALO Trust. These show that media reports of floating landmines contaminating Sri Lanka at random…