Reports

AA 03 205 Australia will provide $100,000 in emergency relief to Sri Lanka following the country's worst flooding in nearly sixty years. 'The funding will go to the Sri Lankan Red Cross for food, medical supplies, clean drinking water and tents.…

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…

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…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiatives Program Description USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) seeks to stabilize and enhance the political space needed to further a peace process that has been underway…

The Ministry of Vanni Rehabilitation has undertaken measures to provide basic facilities including small-scale self employment and income generating projects to uplift the living standard of the internally displaced families this year. Over 90 per cent of them, numbering around 15,000…

Sri Lanka Peace Talks - Agreed Statement on behalf of the Parties The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) held the sixth session of peace talks at Hakone, Japan from 18 to 21…

By Diana Mavunduse Geneva, 19 March, 2003 - Like many Sri Lankans, the leader of the Muslim refugee community in Trincomalee, in eastern part of Sri Lanka, Mr. Rahamathulla Shahib, is waiting patiently to see the outcome of the…

Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction work done in the North and East by Government Institutions since the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement (2002) 1. Commissioner General for Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation (RRR) The office of the Commissioner General provides support to the National…