Reports

BATTICALOA, 29 September 2010 (IRIN) - Lalitha* was 23, from Petiva Pullumalai, deep in Sri Lanka's eastern interior, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came for her. At the time, each family living under LTTE control was required…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met today for talks focused on political settlement, reconciliation and accountability. In discussions at UN Headquarters, held on the margins of the General Assembly's annual general debate, the two officials talked about…

24 September 2010 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Sri Lanka under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its initial report on…

The Government of Japan has provided assistance for two early childhood care projects in Nuwara Eliya and Trincomalee districts amounting to Rs.57 Million. The first project in the Nuwara Elya district will assist 11 plantation communities in the district to…

Brazil will step up its assistance to help refugees and those affected by disasters worldwide under a new agreement reached with the United Nations refugee agency. The pact, signed yesterday in Geneva by UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres…

55 Division troops by 12th September 2010 have been able to successfully resettle 1083 displaced people, belonging to 349 families in the north and south of Champiyanpattu, Maruthunkarny, Vathirayan, Uduthurai and Aliyavalai in 551 Brigade and 553 Brigade areas under…

(Colombo, 26 August 2010): The United Nations Resident/ Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) Neil Buhne reiterated the urgent need to stay the course in helping displaced persons and returned communities when briefing donors assisting the work of humanitarian organizations supporting Sri Lanka's…

During 1990, the residents of Piramanalankulam were forced to flee their village in Northern Sri Lanka because they found themselves on the front line of the conflict between the Sri Lankan Army and the LTTE. Today, with the conflict…

"What do you do if you kick a ball into a mined area or find a suspicious object?" These and other similar, life saving questions were posed to the children of Parappankandal Sirikulam village of Northern Sri Lanka last…

by Master Sgt. Mike Hammond Pacific Angel 10-4 Public Affairs 8/17/2010 - PUDDALAM TOWNSHIP, Sri Lanka -- A team of more than 20 U.S., Sri Lankan, and Mongolian civil engineers started repairing a dilapidated school here Aug. 16, as part…