The Government is to create a new forum to discuss IDP protection issues. The forum includes key stakeholders such as senior public officers, key focal points in the UN system and representatives of the international and local Non-Governmental Organizations engaged in providing protection to IDPs.
Speaking to relevant parties at a recent meeting, Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said that it was his intention to create forums in Colombo and Vavuniya where protection issues can be discussed and consensual decisions taken.
During the meeting the Minister pointed out that if issues could be resolved by way of collaboration and partnership, there would be no necessity to canvass them through the media.
”When protection agencies seek to highlight these issues in the media in the first instance, the outcome will be a contest of words and a not a partnership that works on behalf of Internally Displaced Persons,” he added.
He also added that regular coordination meetings would be held at which progress could be monitored jointly by the Government and its partners. Read more ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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