Informes

The United States is sending demining specialists to Sri Lanka this week in response to the government's plan to resettle 200,000 internally displaced people. Following is the text of an announcement by the State Department April 2 regarding the demining…

The Sri Lankan army and their long-time opponents the Tamil Tiger separatist rebels have began joint exercise to clear mines from the road to the northern Jaffna peninsula. The army is working northwards and the rebels of the Liberation Tigers…

News Release No: 2002/252/SAR Colombo, March 20, 2002 - The World Bank, the UNDP and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed an agreement authorizing the release of US$ 1,000,000 to strengthen capacity to survey, map and address landmines and…

COLOMBO, March 19 (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee organisation said on Tuesday that even though the peace process had taken off in Sri Lanka it was too early for any large-scale return of refugees. More than 100,000 Sri Lankan…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Sri Lanka. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at <a href=http://www.idpproject.org/ target==5Fnew>www.idpproject.org of…

Preamble : In accordance with the Ceasefire Agreement, the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (hereinafter referred to as the GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (hereinafter referred to as the LTTE) have requested the…

Colombo (dpa) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe opened a two-day visit to the war-ravaged northern part of the country, where he is expected to explain a Norwegian-backed peace process to security forces and civilian groups, officials said…

IP/02/382 Brussels, 11 March 2002 - The European Commission has allocated €1 million to assist the population of the Jaffna population, particularly to improve the health and food situation of some of the most vulnerable people of the peninsula. The…

RI representatives, Edward Marks and Sayre Nyce, recently returned from Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) signed the first formal bilateral ceasefire between the two sides in seven years, signaling…

Unofficial translation The Government decided today to commission the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to recruit a maximum of six civilian observers to send to Sri Lanka. They are to take part in a mission consisting of about 16 observers…