Informes

The head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey, is to meet Professor Gamini Laksman Peiris, the head of the Sri Lankan government delegation at the peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam…

Japan's special peace envoy has called for more international aid to help sustain Sri Lanka's peace bid. Speaking after a three-day visit, Yasushi Akashi said Japan and Norway would play a complementary role in facilitating the peace process. He said he…

News Release No. 010/03 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (17 January 2003) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of US$60.3 million equivalent to Sri Lanka to expand access to safe water and sanitation in three provinces, including areas affected…

The Government and the LTTE are making good on their peace talk pledges to step up resettlement of displaced people with a committee on humanitarian issues set to meet on Wednesday. The talks will be given weight by the…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan 16 (UNHCR) -- UNHCR officials have been meeting with Sri Lankan government representatives and Tamil Tiger rebel leaders this week to determine the UN refugee agency's possible role in returning an initial group of over…

Press Release No: 2003/197/SAR COLOMBO, January 13 - The World Bank is working out the details of a trust fund to support Sri Lanka's reconstruction following an invitation from the Government of Sri Lanka and its partners in the peace…

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is to visit Sri Lanka end of February. This is the first official visit in 35 years by a UN Secretary General to Sri Lanka. The last was by U. Thant in April…

The two-decade long war in Sri Lanka has left a staggering 630,000 people internally displaced. The country's official population is 18 million. Most of the displacement took place in the war-affected North East of the country. Another 330,000 people…

The fourth round of talks between the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) focused on the humanitarian aspects of the post-conflict situation, the negotiating teams said yesterday. In a statement read by the Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar…

Commenting on the latest round of the talks Foreign Office Minister Mike O'Brien said: "I warmly welcome the positive and constructive outcome of the fourth round of talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil…