Sri Lanka
London, 22 April 2004 - The International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers today urged the Sri Lankan-based armed group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), to end confusion and state clearly that it will not…
Sri Lanka
PROJECT: General Mine Action Assessment, Technical Survey, and Mine Clearance 2004 PROJECT CODE: P04-SL01 PILLAR: Mine Clearance APPEALING AGENCY: Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), mine-action offices, Government of Sri Lanka, Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO),…
Sri Lanka
PROJECT: Mine Clearance and Capacity Building in Sri Lanka 2004 PROJECT CODE: P04-SL02 PILLAR: Mine Clearance APPEALING AGENCY: Norwegian People's Aid IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS: TRO, HDU, Norwegian People's Aid OBJECTIVES: To train teams of the Humanitarian Demining Unit, or HDU (an implementing partner…
Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Apr 17, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday released 31 child soldiers in the eastern Trincomalee district, the pro-rebel Tamilnet website said. The group of child soldiers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil…
Sri Lanka
UNICEF calls on the LTTE to ensure released child soldiers are not re-recruited COLOMBO, 16 April 2004 - UNICEF has confirmed the tragic deaths of two child soldiers in the LTTE fighting that took place in Sri Lanka's east last…
Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 13 (UNHCR) - Most of the several thousand Sri Lankans who were forced to flee over the weekend have returned home in eastern Sri Lanka after factional fighting in the ranks of the Liberation Tamil…
Sri Lanka
News No. 04/52 The ICRC and the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) have distributed non-food relief items to nearly 3,300 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians fled their homes following the fierce fighting that erupted…
Sri Lanka
UNICEF to assist former child soldiers to be reunited with their families COLOMBO, 13 April 2004 - UNICEF facilitated the release of nearly 150 former child soldiers by the LTTE today in Vakkarai in Sri Lanka's eastern region. While UNICEF…
Sri Lanka
This summary outlines the main findings of the newly updated country profile on internal displacement in Sri Lanka. The profile was prepared by the Global IDP Project of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which monitors and analyses internal displacement in…
Sri Lanka
Présente au Sri Lanka depuis 1996, Action contre la Faim constate depuis plusieurs mois une dégradation de la situation dans les régions de l'Est du pays. L'éventualité de voir le pays sombrer dans un chaos semblable à celui qu'il…
