Reports

Briefing the press at United Nations Headquarters in New York this morning, Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lanka's Minister for Foreign Affairs, highlighted the main points of President Mahinda Rajapaksa's statements to the General Assembly yesterday and Monday's high-level event on climate…

13-20 September 2007 Situation Update The situation in most of the districts in the north and east remains tense. On 18 September, UN agencies received approval from the Ministry of Defense to transport the September fuel quota of 30,000…

6-13 September 2007 Situation update An earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale occurred on 12 September off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The epicenter of the quake was at sea about 130 kilometers west of Benkulen…

COLOMBO, 6 September 2007 (IRIN) Fourteen-year-old Vinoka Rosari's story is an all too common one among the civilian population in northern and eastern Sri Lanka where the decades-old conflict and the 2004 tsunami continue to affect lives. A camp for…

30 August - 06 September 2007 Situation update The situation remains tense in most of the districts in the North and East of the country Mannar: on 1st September, the Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka told the Daily…

23-30 August 2007 General update Pursuant to recommendations made by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and the Advisory Body, both headed by Hon. Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, the Government of Sri Lanka has decided to exclude details pertaining to national…

IMC's mobile clinics bring health care to those who need it most By Sonia Walia In recent years, the coastal region of Trincomalee in eastern Sri Lanka has been buffeted by civil war and natural disaster. A long-standing conflict between the…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update The general situation in Kilinochchi town has been calm while some shelling occurred in the Vanni during the week. On 23 August, the United Nation Department of Safety and Security conducted a 'Saving Lives…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Situation remains tense. Internally Displaced Persons UNHCR reports the IDP population in the Vanni (Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, uncleared areas of Vavuniya North, parts of Mannar and Vadamaradchchi East) is 100,769 as of last week. Sector…

On Monday 6 August, the one year commemoration of the killing of 17 ACF staff members in Muttur was marked by the humanitarian community with a ceremony held at the UN compound in Colombo. Minister for Disaster Management and…