UN, partners step up efforts to help uprooted in Sri Lanka

By pearlaction | May 31, 2009 |

[ UN News Centre ] The United Nations, along with dozens of partner agencies, are working to improve basic conditions in camps housing people who fled the recently-ended conflict in northern Sri Lanka, it was announced today. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that since the arrival of the last…

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Sri Lanka: continuing conflict sparks UN concern over fate of children

By pearlaction | January 21, 2009 |

[UN News Centre] A senior United Nations official today expressed concern over the fate of thousands of children caught up in the conflict in Sri Lanka pitting Government forces against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, said in a press release that…

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Besieged, Displaced, and Detained: The Plight of Civilians in Sri Lanka’s Vanni Region

By pearlaction | December 23, 2008 |

[HRW] “This 49-page report documents the Sri Lankan government’s responsibility for the plight of the 230,000 to 300,000 displaced persons trapped in the Vanni conflict zone. They face severe shortages of food and other essentials because of government restrictions on humanitarian assistance. Individuals and families who have managed to flee areas controlled by the separatist…

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SRI LANKA: Flash floods displace thousands in war-torn area

By pearlaction | March 20, 2008 |

[IRIN] More than 50,000 people have been hit by flooding in northwestern Mannar District in Sri Lanka since 12 March, the government said. The area has witnessed intense clashes between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the last six months, restricting access to relief agencies. Flooding caused by torrential rains…

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