Informes

On 8 January 2004, AMDA PBP (Association of Medical Doctors of Asia, Peace Building Project through Health in Sri Lanka), Japanese medical NGO, started off X-ray service at Kilinochchi District Hospital and has been successful in taking 10-15 radiographs…

Vatican City -- Caritas Internationalis has launched an appeal to continue the National Peace Programme (NNP) in Sri Lanka. The programme, begun in 2000, has born fruit by building relationships among Sinhala and Tamil communities at the grass-root level. Another crucial…

Anjana Pasricha, New Delhi, 28 Jan 2004, 14:05 UTC A Tamil rebel delegation is visiting Norway and other European countries to discuss the deadlocked peace process in Sri Lanka. The rebels also are seeking humanitarian aid for the war-ravaged north and…

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is about 20 percent of the way to its goal of ridding the island of landmines laid during two decades of war, with work picking up pace despite a lag…

SG/SM/9128 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is concerned over the difficult situation in Sri Lanka. He hopes nevertheles, that the peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers…

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A power struggle between Sri Lanka's president and prime minister threatens aid flows to the island, but donors are still committed to backing a peace process with their money, Japan said on…

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO (Reuters) - More than 700 children were recruited as soldiers by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels last year despite a ceasefire in the island's ethnic war, the U.N. children's agency said on Thursday. In a progress…

Australia will contribute a further $1 million to land mine action in Sri Lanka, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Chris Gallus, announced today. 'After 20 years of conflict and the displacement of more than 800,000 people in Sri…

COLUMBO, 22 January 2004 - A call for more commitment to make lasting improvements in the lives of Sri Lanka's most vulnerable children has been made in a report that details progress by partners to the Action Plan for…

Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels have warned that a newly-formed political alliance, including the country's president, could lead the country back into war. The alliance says it plans to review Norway's role as peace mediator between the government and the…