Rapports

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field 23 April - 24 May 2007 Situation update Over the past month, fighting between the Sri Lanka Security Forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has continued in the Topigala and Tarawai areas…

17-24 May 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Omanthai and Uyilankulam (Forward Defence Line) FDLs were temporarily closed 18, 19, 20, 22 and 23 May due to security incidents. The ICRC on 23 May temporarily withdrew its employees from…

AA 07 38 The Australian Government will contribute $5.25 million to provide life-saving and other essential humanitarian services for those affected by the intensifying conflict in Sri Lanka. We will contribute $3 million through the World Food Programme to provide emergency…

COLOMBO, 18 May 2007 (IRIN) - Distributing food rations to over 100,000 people displaced by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka is a logistical challenge. The World Food Programme (WFP) in early May was providing food rations to some 100,000…

COLOMBO - A senior official of the United Nations World Food Programme called for more resources and improved humanitarian access and security for aid workers providing assistance to thousands of people displaced by the recent upsurge in fighting in…

10-17 May 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continues around the Muhamalai FDL (Forward Defence Line), Vadamarachchi East and Poonakary and aerial bombardments in several places over the week. MSF (Medecins San Frontieres) opened an office in Kilinochchi…

SCOPP Report Wheat Flour Two ships, Induruweli and Yala, have reached Jaffna peninsular, carrying a total of 5,200 metric tonnes of wheat flour. Unloading of the cargo is already underway. The flour will be distributed to consumers in the peninsular through…

COLOMBO, 4 May 2007 (IRIN) - When heavy fighting between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) erupted at several locations on the Jaffna peninsula in August 2006, it led to the closure of the A9…

CHILD RECRUITMENT CONTINUES AS HOSTILITIES ESCALATE IN TROUBLED ISLAND NATION GENEVA, 27 April 2007 - UNICEF today said that one of Sri Lanka's battling factions is not taking seriously its public assurances that it is not recruiting child soldiers. Speaking from…

The Government of Japan has made a donation in kind of 3,175 tonnes of rice for the newly displaced people in North and East areas of Sri Lanka. The official handing over ceremony was held at Orugodawatte Warehouse on…