Rapports

COLOMBO, June 19 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has appealed for $27 million in foreign aid to rebuild parts of the south of the island hit by severe floods last month, a government minister said on Thursday. The worst rains in…

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO, 19 June (Reuters) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinge said on Thursday it was up to the Tamil Tiger rebels to restart stalled peace talks to end the island's ethnic war. The Liberation Tigers of…

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebels say they will not return to peace talks until the government outlines details of a proposed interim administration. The group's chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, said Thursday rebels will consider rejoining negotiations when officials offer, what he…

News Release No:2003/427/SAR Washington, June 17, 2003 - The World Bank today approved a US$125 million Poverty Reduction Support Credit for Sri Lanka which builds upon the country's poverty reduction strategy outlined in "Regaining Sri Lanka: Vision and Strategy for…

COLOMBO, June 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Red Cross launched a fresh appeal on Tuesday for victims of the worst floods and landslides to hit the island in half a century, and said priority was the rebuilding some 10,000…

(Tokyo, Japan, 16-Jun-2003) The Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Inter-Religious Peace Foundation issued this statement and call on banning landmines in Sri Lanka at the Donor Conference on Sri Lanka in Tokyo 8-10 June 2003. 2 million…

By Chamath Ariyadasa COLOMBO, June 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's worst floods in half a century would have only a marginal impact on the economy, which is already benefitting from stronger industrial output in such sectors as textiles and…

TORONTO / June 13, 2003 - The Canadian Catholic Organization for DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE announced today that it has sent $205,000 to fund four projects to aid victims of floods and landslides in Sri Lanka; earthquakes in Turkey and…

UNDP will make US$25 million in grant assistance available to Sri Lanka over the next five years, announced Hafiz Pasha, UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, at the Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka, held…

The fifty-one nations that assembled at the Sri Lanka Donor's Conference in Tokyo voted "with their pocket books, [and] with their wallets" that they believe the peace process between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil…