Reports

19-26 April 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update - Shelling continued at the Muhamalai Forward Defence Line (FDL), Vadamarachchi East and Poonakary areas. - On 20 April, a UN mission led by UN RC/HC visited Kilinochchi and met the LTTE political…

COLOMBO, 25 April 2007 (IRIN) - Food distribution to the 140,000 displaced people in Batticaloa district has improved; now relief agencies and government authorities are attempting to fill gaps in food availability, principally for those staying with host families. According to…

12-19 April 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continued in the Muhamalai FDL (Forward Defence Line), Vadamarachchi East and Poonakary areas. On 17 April, UN agencies based in Kilinochchi were able to transport 11,940 liters of diesel and…

Government Spearheads Drive in Reconstruction - 52% of Houses Reconstructed - 73% Tsunami IDPs Rehoused in Permanent Dwellings SCOPP Report Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in restoring normalcy in Tsunami affected areas of the North and the East. Reconstruction…

5-12 April 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update The FDL (Forward Defence Line)-Omanthai was closed 10-12 April due to shelling. 10-11 April, the UN Area Security Coordinator and the UN Area Security Officer conducted a two-day security assessment of Manthai…

26 April - 10 April 2007 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update Situation is tense. Curfew hours still remain from 1900-0400 hrs. Richard Boucher, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs was in Sri Lanka 8-10 May. He discussed the…

29 March - 05 April 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Aerial bombardment and shelling in different areas continues. Diesel and petrol purchased by UN agencies based in Vanni for the month of March is waiting in Vavuniya. Internally…

BATTICALOA DISTRICT: CURRENT SITUATION Total number of displaced persons in Batticaloa district 159,355 persons (UNHCR) 26/03/07 Displaced families 42,366 families Sites 95 Highest number of displaced per division 40,901 persons in Manmunai South & Eruvil Pattu 36,796 persons in Manmunai North 32,771 persons in Eravur Pattu Humanitarian Context Overall security…

In the conflict areas of eastern Sri Lanka, hundreds of thousands of families have been forced to flee their homes; many of whom are now living in camps for internally displaced people (IDP). An estimated 127,000 displaced people were…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Kilinochchi town has been calm with the exception of short and intermittent shelling in the areas closer to Muhamalai FDL, Vadamarachchi East and Poonakary areas. A WFP HQ delegation visited Kilinochchi on 20 March and…