Rapports

I. SITUATION OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS • By end July, the total population returned to the Northern Province stood at 372,138 people (110,252 families) – this figure includes 209,054 people (65,436 families) displaced after April 2008 and 163,084…

100 new houses, built solely through Army labour within a record span of just 10 days with raw materials, provided by the government, were vested with needy Jaffna families by His Excellency, the President Mahinda Rajapaksa…

I. SITUATION OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS • June saw an acceleration of returns to Mullaitivu areas. Between 1 June and 30 June 2011, around 4,800 people (1,400 families) returned to their areas of origin in the Maritimepattu and…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 13 (UNHCR) – Selliah Arumugam walked through the gates at the bustling Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, his wife and four children in tow. With a big smile on his face, the…

By Damon Perry/CWS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - On a hotel rooftop, overlooking the ocean waves crashing on to the beach along the coastline a group of young men and women, mostly Tamils, is in good spirits considering…

UNISDR 2011/20 5 July 2011 Colombo, Sri Lanka – Local governments released a joint action plan today to tackle hazard risk in Sri Lanka. The plan identifies key priority activities that follow the ‘Ten Essentials’ of the World…

AHRC-PRL-031-2011 (Hong Kong, June 28, 2011) A police spokesman commenting on the report on torture issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission last week stated that there had been a weakening of the policing system during the…

Another programme has been launched for the development of schools to strengthen the right to education of the children in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The new programme was launched to develop schools in the…

I. SITUATION OVERVIEW & HIGHLIGHTS Between 1‐31 May 2011, 171 people (58 families) arrived from Menik Farm and Kodikamam Ramavil camps in their areas of origin in Mullaitivu District (Maritimepattu Divisional Secretariat Division) and Kilinochchi District (Karachchi…

VAVUNIYA, 22 June 2011 (IRIN) - Private investment is key to stability in Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north. "It's very important. There are so many unemployed," Piencia Charles, the most senior government official in Vavuniya District, told…