Rapports

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…

News Release No. 132/01 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (16 October 2001) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a US$25 million loan to help people affected by Sri Lanka's 19-year conflict in the worst-affected northern and eastern provinces. ADB will support a…

In response to the drought in Sri Lanka WFP country office fielded a mission from the 3rd to the 8th of Sept 2001. The foregoing is the report of the field assessment and recommendations.Mission Members Judit Katon-Apte…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now released a updated country profile on internal displacement in Sri Lanka. A summary is presented below. The Database and the Sri Lanka profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or…

Period covered: 1 July - 31 December 2000The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has continued building its constituency and membership base, focusing on its emerging Youth Wing, developing its Branches, strengthening disaster preparedness, and consolidating…

Appeal Target: US$ 92,656 Geneva, 12 January 2001 Dear Colleagues, On 26 December 2000 a powerful cyclone generating winds of 180 km/h tore across the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka rendering 500,000 homeless. Severely affected were the districts of…

Refugee news briefings SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AGREES TO TALKS BUT NO DE-ESCALATION The government of Sri Lanka has agreed to hold peace talks with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) but has rejected the rebels' demand for de-escalation of…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has just updated the country profile on internal displacement in Sri Lanka. A brief summary is presented below. The complete profile can be accessed at www.db.idpproject.org or sent to you by…

1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTSOn-going conflict in Sri Lanka The on-going conflict in the North and East of Sri Lanka has persisted for over a decade and a half, resulting in the loss of over 50,000…

by Simon Harris This paper argues that IDPs do not constitute a homogenous group and that relief agencies need to improve their analysis of the composition of internally displaced constituencies in order to plan appropriate interventions which account for, and…