Informes

By Lindsay Beck HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Aid workers stepped up relief efforts on Monday to provide food for 18,000 people suffering the worst effects of a drought crippling southern Sri Lanka. Red Cross volunteers handed out…

COLOMBO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government said on Monday Tamil Tiger rebel boats can move unhindered along the eastern coast, removing one of the main sticking points ahead of Norwegian-brokered peace talks. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam often…

COLOMBO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Top officials from the U.N. refugee agency will visit Sri Lanka next week to check on prospects for people displaced by two decades of fighting to return to their homes, the U.N. body said…

By Juliana Liu COLOMBO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's political standoff between the prime minister and the president deepened on Monday with a cabinet minister warning the fight could slow a bid to end the island's two-decade-long ethnic war. The…

The peace process is going ahead and both sides are firmly on track for the negotiations in Thailand, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. In an interview with ITN/Sirasa TV on his completion of 25 years as an MP, Prime…

The Government of Sri Lanka and The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, (LTTE) are preparing, not for war, but a Lasting Peace through gradual and steady implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement. The Dedication of the Parties, The International Environment…

The European Commission has adopted a decision worth €3.8 million to provide humanitarian support for people going home in northern and north-eastern Sri Lanka. The main focus of the Commission's decision is to help returnees re-establish themselves in their…

SUPPORTING SRI LANKA'S TRANSITION TO PEACE Over 100,000 internally displaced persons have moved towards their places of origin since January 2002 The 'All Children Back to School' programme represents one of the first 'peace dividends' Mine risk education intensified…

PEACE PROCESS MOVING SLOWLY An untimely disagreement between the President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka could have detrimental affects upon the country's fragile peace process and displaced populations, reports JRS in both Sri Lanka and India. President Chandrika Kumaratunga…

Human Rights Watch Background Briefing, July 2002 The Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are preparing for negotiations aimed at resolving more than two decades of conflict over political control of the island's Tamil-dominated north and east.…