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CONSORTIUM OF HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES INTRODUCTION This chapter deals with peace activities of the Government of Sri Lanka. For purpose of clarity it is imperative to define "Government of Sri Lanka" because currently two political parties are controlling the two segments of…

CONSORTIUM OF HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES 1. This was a rapid audit of INGOs carried out 13/14/17/18/19 February 2003, during which time interviews were arranged and conducted, data compiled, and the report written. We do not claim that it is 'in-depth', and…

Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 04/20 Public Information Notices (PINs) are issued, (i) at the request of a member country, following the conclusion of the Article IV consultation for countries seeking to make known the views of…

Ministry for Foreign Affairs The Government has today instructed the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to recruit and train one long-term and three short-term observers to monitor the upcoming parliamentary election. The Swedish observers will be members of the joint EU…

COLOMBO, Mar 10, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Norwegian peace facilitators do not intend to mediate for the settlement of the ongoing rift within the ranks of Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels, a visiting Norwegian peace envoy said…

Tensions are rising in eastern Sri Lanka where the local Tamil Tiger rebel leader has created an unprecedented breakaway faction. The regional commander, known as Karuna, says he believes death squads have been sent after him. He split last week from…

Introduction In an effort to capture issues and challenges encompassing concerns relating to human security, with particular reference to areas and people affected by conflict, CHA initiated a Quarterly Report on Human Security in January 2003. The Report, which aims…

Colombo (dpa) - The Scandinavian team monitoring a fragile cease-fire in Sri Lanka are set to have urgent talks with Tamil rebels about a reported rift within their organisation that could hamper the current truce, officials said Thursday. Retired general…

COLOMBO, Mar 4, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels have denied that there is a split within the leadership of the organization, the pro-rebel TamilNet website reported on Thursday. A spokesman for the commander of the eastern…

Program Description USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) Sri Lanka program assists in generating greater support for a negotiated peace settlement to end the long-standing conflict in Sri Lanka. To accomplish this aim, OTI's three objectives are to: demonstrate tangible benefits…