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The shortened session of the Berlin peace talks ended on Saturday with the parties agreeing to advance to core political issues at the next round of talks in Japan from March 18. Despite the tremors of a suicide blast which…

Douglas Bakshian Luxembourg 08 Feb 2003, 17:52 UTC - Negotiators for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels and government have ended another round of peace talks with commitments to resolve the country's political future. Human rights issues and some economic matters have…

Berlin (dpa) - Sri Lankan officials and Tamil rebels agreed Saturday at Norwegian-mediated peace talks that child soldiers serving with rebel forces return home, a senior Norwegian diplomat said. The agreement stipulates that the teenagers lay down their arms and be…

No.:25/03 The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) held the fifth and shortened session of peace talks at the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin on 7 - 8 February 2003. The discussions focused on…

NEWS RELEASE EMBARGO 00.01 CET:=A0 Saturday 8 February 2003 Many thousands of Sri Lankans now returning home after years of civil war need help to rebuild their lives, says aGeneva-based organisation monitoring war and displacement. In a new report(attached), the Global IDP…

BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels met in Berlin on Friday for peace talks to end a 19-year war, just hours after three rebels blew themselves up after being caught with a…

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO (Reuters) - The issue of child soldiers could dominate peace talks this week in Germany between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers to end two decades of civil war, diplomats said on Wednesday. The fifth…

By Shinichi Kishima TOKYO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - International donors said on Wednesday economic aid to Sri Lanka could double in the next few years to support a delicate peace process to end two decades of conflict that had devastated…

No.: 20/03 At the request of the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Norway has appointed Dr. Astrid N. Heiberg as an advisor to the Sub-Committee on Gender Issues. Dr. Heiberg will be present…

Déclaration du porte-parole adjoint du Quai d'Orsay (Paris, le 05 février 2003) Afin de marquer concrètement le soutien de la France au processus de paix dans lequel se sont engagés en 2002 le gouvernement srilankais et les Tigres de libération…