Rapports

(2003-91) News Release Ottawa- The HonourableSusanWhelan, Minister for International Cooperation, and the Honourable BillGraham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today that Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will contribute $6.75million to help support the SriLankan peace process and enhance…

COLUMBO/GENEVA, 3 October 2003 - The first of three transit centres for child soldiers released from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was opened today in a ceremony attended by senior LTTE figures, high-level officials of the Government of…

Colombo (dpa) - At least eight people have been killed and more than 10,000 displaced as floods hit the southern part of Sri Lanka following heavy rains in the region, officials said Thursday. The Galle and Matara districts, 120…

Program Description USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) program has the goal of generating greater support for a negotiated settlement that ends the conflict in Sri Lanka. To accomplish this, OTI has three objectives: demonstrate tangible benefits of peace; increase the amount…

Executive summary This report examines the current conditions of the internally displaced persons (IDP) due to ethnic conflict and war in Sri Lanka. By the end of June 2003, some 311,000 IDPs had returned to their home areas since a…

12511/03 (Presse 267) EU TROIKA MINISTERIAL MEETING WITH SRI LANKA NEW YORK, 25 SEPTEMBER 2003 JOINT STATEMENT The EU Ministerial Troika, led by Hon. Franco Frattini, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy, in his capacity of President of the EU Council, and composed…

The United States has marked the first anniversary of Sri Lanka's stalled peace talks by asking Tamil Tiger rebels to abandon terrorism and make realistic proposals to allow the negotiations to resume. The US embassy in Colombo says it's unfortunate the…

Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 Sep 2003, 14:24 UTC A year ago, the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels began peace talks, raising hopes of putting an end to the island nation's devastating two decade-long civil conflict. But, the…

Geneva, September 16, 2003 - More than 300,000 people, out of a total displaced population estimated at 800,000, have returned home since a ceasefire ended 20 years of hostilities in 2002. Despite the ceasefire, however, many remain displaced, while…

In late May, Southern Sri Lanka was inundated by floods. It was the country's first major flood disaster in 50 years. There were more then 235 deaths and over 108,000 families affected by the floods. With thousands of open wells…