- On 12 May, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, expressed her concerns at the deteriorating crisis and its serious toll on children.
- The ICRC confirmed in a press release that a staff member and his mother were killed by shrapnel today in the conflict zone. A Caritas Australia staff member was killed in a shell attack in the conflict zone on 8 May.
- Cases of chicken pox in Vavuniya have reached a cumulative total of 9,842 cases as of 11 May.
- On 12 May, CDMA mobile phones were provided to 8 out of 12 IDP sites in Jaffna. Banking and postal facilities have been made available in all 12 IDP sites in this district. Read more and download report
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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