Informes

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International * ASA 37/015/2001 224/01 As Sri Lanka's new parliament prepares for its first sitting, Amnesty International today wrote to recently-elected Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe about human rights concerns in the country. The organization said…

OP/REX/OPS 01/57 Update No 28/2001 Executive summary The Sri Lankan Parliament has been dissolved, with new elections scheduled for 5 December 2001. Campaign violence and an increase of military activity in the east and along lines in the Vanni have ended…

The European Commission has allocated euro 700,000 to help 900,000 displaced and resettled people in the Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka who are victims of the long-running civil war. The money is channelled through the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO)…

COLOMBO, Nov 28, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has approved 400,000 U.S. dollars to provide agricultural and horticultural inputs to drought affected farmers in three districts in the south of Sri Lanka, the…

Launched on 13 August 2001 for CHF 1,258,427 for 6 months. Budget was revised in October to CHF 495,307 to cover the same original 6 months period. DREF Allocated: CHF 100, 000 Beneficiaries: The original target of 39,000…

Appeal Target: US$ 40,953 Geneva, 08 November 2001 Dear Colleagues, Certain parts of Sri Lanka have not had rain for the past 22 months causing a drought situation threatening the livelihood of 345,000 families, totalling 1,770,000 persons. The worst affected districts are…

This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals Launched on: 28th December 2000 for 4 months for CHF 528,308 DREFAllocated: CHF 100,000 Beneficiaries: 5,480 families "At a glance" Appeal coverage: 91.5% Related Appeals 01.39101 Sri Lanka In summary: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society,…

by Dilhani Thantirimudalige COLOMBO - World Vision has received a sum of US $110,000 from the Australian High Commission as a relief fund for distributing and improving the water situation in the villages of Lunugamvehera Thanamalvila and Sevanagala in southern…

A prolonged drought in seven southern districts for three consecutive seasons leading to crop failure has affected 1.6 million people and has caused more than 300 000 farmers to become food insecure. The majority of the victims are landless…

COLOMBO - The United Nations World Food Programme is launching an emergency operation to feed 300,000 people in Sri Lanka as a severe and prolonged drought in the island nation pushes large segments of the population into desperate hardship. Under…