Reports

18-25 October 2007 24 October, the United Nations commemorated the 62nd United Nations Day at the UN Compound in Colombo 7. The commemoration began with a United Nations flag hoisting ceremony, accompanied by the hymn to the UN and was…

11-18 October 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour visited Sri Lanka from 9-13 October on the invitation of the Government. Attached are the press statements released by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

4-11 October 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Access 09 October, new procedures at Omanthai check point were introduced requiring registration with local military command prior to crossing. Internally Displaced Persons District Secretariat Kilinochchi reports that 12,517 families (48,512 persons) are registered as IDPs in…

Districts: Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, 1. Over all Situation - Rev.Fr.Pakkiyaranjith director of Jesuit Relief Services (JRS) Mannar was killed and his driver was injured in a claymore attack mine in the Vellankulam area allegedly by Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) of…

27 September - 04 October 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update 01.Oct. a march organized by catholic priests, local humanitarian agencies and other religious institutions in Kilinochchi town to protest the killing of Rev. Fr. Packiaranjith the coordinator of Jesuit Refugee Service…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) NOTE: The last fact sheet was dated June 1, 2007. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - Beginning on September 1, renewed fighting between the Government of…

General Situation update The situation in Mannar district remains tense due to armed clashes and exchange of artillery fire reported by media and the MCNS. 25-27 September 2007, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Neil Buhne and representatives from UNHCR, UNDP,…

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…

The Muslim Aid office in Sri Lanka will provide food and Iftar packs to over 24,500 widows, orphans and disadvantaged people across Sri Lanka during Ramadan this year. In association with 33 local partner organisations and Cargills, Sri Lanka's leading…

Colombo- The first consignment of emergency food assistance, part of a total donation valued at US$14 million, was handed over to the Government of Sri Lanka by United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert Blake at a function held…