Reports

In bringing relief to those most affected, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) distributed relief packs including rice, flour, sugar, dhal and salt to 750 draught affected families in Kotiyagala and Wattegama in Monaragala by during the weekend. The…

Colombo, October 23, 2009: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through its economic development project has established a dairy farmer network in Punani, Batticaloa. USAID partnered with the CIC Mahaweli Livestock & Dairy, a subsidiary of the CIC Agribusiness…

As pressure mounts for the more than 250,000 conflict-affected people living in the Menik Farm displacement camp in Sri Lanka to return to their villages, a critical need for food, water and health care for those in the camp…

I. Situation Overview & highlights - During 10-15 October, a delegation from the state assemblies of Tamil Nadu, India, was in Sri Lanka to assess conditions of IDPs in the North. Following a visit to Menik Farm, the delegation called…

(extract) III. Executive Summary This report is submitted pursuant to the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32), which directed the Secretary of State to submit a report "detailing incidents during the recent conflict in Sri…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,512,577 Balance Requested: US$ 197,224 Geneva, 13 October 2009 Dear Colleagues, Around 265,000 people were displaced earlier this year as a result of the conflict since 1983 between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil…

I. Situation Overview & highlights - Sri Lanka called upon the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to retract her remarks that rape was used as a weapon of war during the 26-year armed conflict. The Minister for Foreign Affairs…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated September 11, 2009. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - From September 19 to 25, the USAID/DCHA Assistant Administrator visited Sri Lanka to…

President doing utmost to build peaceful democratic society, - 42,000 IDPs already released for resettlement, - Bulk of IDPs resettled by January 31, 2010, within 180 day programme, - Full resettlement only after complete demining, - 1.5 m landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) within…

I. Situation Overview & highlights - On 14 September, the Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe rejected claims made by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillai, that the displaced people in Sri Lanka are…