Rapports

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage opened an international conference on Sri Lanka on April 14 at the State Department by calling for international support for the "momentum of peace" in Sri Lanka. The Washington conference is a prelude to the…

The United States repeated its strong support for the peace process between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the occasion of Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's April 10 meeting in Washington…

Press Release No: 2003/294/SAR COLOMBO, April 11, 2003 - Norway today paid US$2.7 million into a newly established trust fund designed to help people in the North East of Sri Lanka reap early and tangible benefits from the on-going peace…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and LTTE to finalise an "action plan' to help demobilise hundreds of child soldiers. UNICEF here said, a two-day workshop will be held in Kilinochchi from April 10 to help create an awareness of child…

The Swedish Government on Monday (7th) approved a Rs. 3 billion (US$ 32 million) grant to Sri Lanka - to help the country's youth, some of them affected by north east conflict, to start self-employment projects. Swedish support for…

The Government will consider holding a referendum on the future of the peace process in response to requests by civil society, Cabinet spokesman Minister Prof.G.L.Peiris said yesterday. "Religious leaders, scholars, professionals, university lecturers and academics have requested the Government to…

IP/03/496 Brussels, 4 April 2003 - The fighting between Sinhalas and Tamils that started in 1983 triggered huge population movements. In the wake of the February 2002 ceasefire, more than 230 000 internally displaced persons living in the north and…

Colombo (dpa) - The government is seriously considering holding a referendum on the Norwegian-backed peace process in a bid to obtain views of the public before implementing a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict, a cabinet minister said Thursday. Government…

Press Release No: 2003/278/SA Washington, April 1, 2003 -- As Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture of its history the World Bank's Board of Directors today discussed a new strategy to support the government's development objectives as outlined in…

The Government and the LTTE will formulate a declaration on Human Rights and Humanitarian principles as agreed at the sixth round of peace talks in Hakone. The declaration would reflect the fundamentals of international human rights law and humanitarian standards…