Reports

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…

(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…

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…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0093 OCHA Situation Report No. 7 Sri Lanka - Floods occurred on 18 May 2003 1. This report is based on the Request for Assistance - Initial Assessment of Emergency and Rehabilitation Requirements launched by the Government of Sri…

GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF EMERGENCY AND REHABILITATION REQUIREMENTS FLOODS MAY 2003 I. INTRODUCTION This document outlines the need for assistance by Government of Sri Lanka following the severe flood in districts of Ratnapura,…

News Release No. 080/03 TOKYO, JAPAN (9 June 2003) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will consider an increase in its reconstruction and development assistance to Sri Lanka of up to US$1 billion over the next four years in order…

Hon Marian Hobbs New Zealand is promising a minimum of NZ$1.5 million over the next three financial years (2003/04 to 2005/06) to support reconstruction and peace in Sri Lanka, Aid Minister Marian Hobbs announced today. This pledge will be formally…

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage June 9 called on Sri Lankan President Kumaratunga and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to take the needed steps toward peace in Sri Lanka. Armitage was speaking at the Sri…

Appeal Target: US$ 21,119 Geneva, 6 June 2003 Dear Colleagues, Muttur, in Trincomalee district on the north- eastern coast is an area where Muslims and Tamils have coexisted peacefully. But the two decade long violent ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and the…

Rapid emergency response targets safe drinking water and sanitation Sri Lanka is facing a heightened risk of communicable disease outbreaks in the wake of the severe floods and landslides which have affected the country recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned…