Informes

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have agreed to stop recruiting child soldiers in a bid to remove a thorny issue before peace talks with the government, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. The government…

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan government said on Thursday peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels could be delayed but that would not hamper a Norwegian-brokered bid to end one of Asia's longest wars. The rebels accused the government on Wednesday…

COLOMBO, Jun 18, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Over 100,000 internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka have returned to their homes since the beginning of this year. This follows the ceasefire agreement signed between the government and separatist Tamil Tiger…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International * ASA 37/011/2002 An Amnesty International delegation will visit Sri Lanka from 16 - 30 June to lobby for human rights protection to be put at the centre of peace negotiations.…

By Bijoy Patro in Hambantota, Sri Lanka Over a three day period in May, 50 Sri Lanka Red Cross volunteers, accompanied by delegates from the Federation and the Spanish Red Cross undertook a three day door-to-door survey of 100 randomly…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: 0 This Information Bulletin is being issued based on the needs described below reflecting the information available at this time. Two assessments in March and May 2002, carried out jointly by the Sri Lankan Red Cross…

By Juliana Liu COLOMBO, June 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will use $150 million of donor money already pledged to kick start reconstruction in the country's battered northern and eastern regions, the finance ministry said on Thursday. Most of the funding…

The people of Sri Lanka's south have finally had enough rain to wet the parched land. But the people still stand by the roadside waiting for the World Vision Bowser to come to their villagers especially in Thanamalvilla and…

By Juliana Liu COLOMBO (Reuters) - For elderly Sri Lankan refugee Ayiam Pillai, hearing Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's promise last year to end an ethnic war that has killed more than 64,000 people was enough to bring him home from…

By Uday Khandeparkar COLOMBO, May 27 (Reuters) - A Norwegian diplomat helping to push forward Sri Lanka's peace process hinted on Monday direct talks between the government and minority Tamil rebels might be delayed while an agenda for the negotiations…