Reports

Walter Kälin, Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and Co-Director, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement National Consultation on IDPs and Durable Solutions, Colombo, Sri Lanka Arbitrary displacement as a consequence of violence or threats thereof,…

The World Bank has granted Sri Lanka extra 151 million dollars on credit for road, education and housing reconstruction in conflict-hit areas. Sri Lanka is borrowing 98 million US dollars for an ongoing road project, 43 million dollars for housing…

COLOMBO, September 16, 2008-The Government of Sri Lanka and the World Bank signed today three loan agreements providing additional financing of US$98 million for the Road Sector Assistance Project; US$43 million for the North East Housing Reconstruction Program; and US$10…

4-11 September 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Displacement after April 2006 Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna 6,129 20,736 Kilinochchi 35,331 136,190 Mullaitivu 8,917 31,080 Vavuniya 5,205 18,429 Manmar 2,754 8,623 Trincomalee 1,480 4,896 Batticaloa 4,111 15,612 Ampara 1,162 4,278 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update - The general security situation in the Jaffna peninsula remained tense during the week. - There is a tense situation amongst humanitarian…

At Monday's [08 September 2008] high level policy meeting of the Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance [CCHA], Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe, Chair of the CCHA, informed the CCHA that the Secretary/Defence had communicated a decision…

The Government of Sri Lanka finds itself unable to accept Amnesty International's exaggerated statement on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) due to the numerous deficiencies in fact and reasoning that characterizes yet another extreme intervention. The Government remains acutely aware of…

The Government of Sri Lanka refuted certain assertions made by Amnesty International (AI) on 04 September 2008, in a statement to the Human Rights Council on supposed "severe problems of protection and assistance for displaced persons triggered by the…

28 August - 04 September 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Displacement after April 2006 Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna 6,129 20,736 Kilinochchi 35,353 134,868 Mullaitivu 8,917 31,080 Vavuniya 5,205 18,429 Mannar 2,740 8,574 Trincomalee 1,571 5,254 Batticaloa 4,111 15,612 Ampara 1,162 4,278 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update The security situation in the Jaffna peninsula remained tense during the week, with shelling towards…

WHAT THE THREE TRAVELLERS LEARNT It happened long ago, that there were three travellers. They came from diff erent parts and so they were travelling diff erent roads. They walked along their roads until they came to the place where…

This report is intended to give an overview of the current situation in the North East by tracking the trends of various conflict-sensitive indicators. The table on page 7 & 8 lists data for the three…