Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry has made arrangements to provide library facilities to doctors who are now serving the IDPs. The Ministry took this decision after considering their educational requirements, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said.
He said there are around 85 doctors attending on IDPs and most of them are getting ready to sit for their post graduate examinations. Therefore they need to visit Colombo to use libraries. It is very difficult for them to travel to Colombo on a regular basis and there are no library facilities close to their present locations. Read more ...
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Haphazard resettlement will endanger IDPs’ lives -- Keheliya
President Mahinda Rajapaksa was not ready to go by the agendas set by foreigners regarding the resettlement of IDPs, Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister and State Defence Spokesman Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella told the media in Kandy yesterday (13).
The minister said he granted that there were difficulties besetting IDPs in their temporary shelters but everything possible was being done to make their stay comfortable and to resettle them speedily. He said Sri Lanka could do without unsolicited advice from foreigners in carrying out those tasks for her own people. Read more ...
The minister said he granted that there were difficulties besetting IDPs in their temporary shelters but everything possible was being done to make their stay comfortable and to resettle them speedily. He said Sri Lanka could do without unsolicited advice from foreigners in carrying out those tasks for her own people. Read more ...
Sunday, September 13, 2009
More than 2,000 apply to take in IDP relatives
Vavuniya and Jaffna District Secretariats have received more than 2,000 applications from the relatives of the IDPs, after the Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Ministry informed the general public that the relatives of the IDPs can apply for the release of those residing in camps.
“Many people have been handing forms over to us since September 10 and so far we have received approximately 1,000 applications,” said Vavuniya District Additional Government Agent T. Sampanthan. “These applications are readily available outside the District Secretariat office and in shops. Also, relatives can prepare them even at home,” he added.
Sampanthan said that they will hand over the applications to the security forces, with their observations and recommendations as soon as possible. He could not give a timeline as to when these IDPs can be reunited with their relatives, since a thorough background check has to be carried out first. “After we look at the applications, we do background research and hand over the applications to the Security Forces Headquarters, Vavuniya with our remarks and the security establishment will take the final decision,” he said. Meanwhile, an official of the Jaffna District Secretariat told The Nation that they have also received around 1,000 applications: “There is a lot of enthusiasm about this,” he said. Read more ...
“Many people have been handing forms over to us since September 10 and so far we have received approximately 1,000 applications,” said Vavuniya District Additional Government Agent T. Sampanthan. “These applications are readily available outside the District Secretariat office and in shops. Also, relatives can prepare them even at home,” he added.
Sampanthan said that they will hand over the applications to the security forces, with their observations and recommendations as soon as possible. He could not give a timeline as to when these IDPs can be reunited with their relatives, since a thorough background check has to be carried out first. “After we look at the applications, we do background research and hand over the applications to the Security Forces Headquarters, Vavuniya with our remarks and the security establishment will take the final decision,” he said. Meanwhile, an official of the Jaffna District Secretariat told The Nation that they have also received around 1,000 applications: “There is a lot of enthusiasm about this,” he said. Read more ...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Uninterrupted healthcare for IDPs during rainy season
The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry will make arrangements to protect the health of IDPs’ health during North Eastern Monsoon due shortly. The Ministry will ensure an uninterrupted comprehensive healthcare service for all IDPs during the rainy season.
Neither communicable diseases nor other health problems have been reported from the welfare villages so far, a Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said.
He said arrangements will be made to cement the floors of the shelters, to keep extra tents ready for use during an emergency and to identify alternative accommodation places for flood prone areas, especially for the elders and disabled persons.
Existing health facilities will be strengthened and drug storing facilities will be increased. The ministry officials headed by Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva had a discussion in this regard recently.
According to the spokesman, the Ministry will also take steps to ensure that water and sanitation ware of high quality. Read more ...
Neither communicable diseases nor other health problems have been reported from the welfare villages so far, a Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said.
He said arrangements will be made to cement the floors of the shelters, to keep extra tents ready for use during an emergency and to identify alternative accommodation places for flood prone areas, especially for the elders and disabled persons.
Existing health facilities will be strengthened and drug storing facilities will be increased. The ministry officials headed by Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva had a discussion in this regard recently.
According to the spokesman, the Ministry will also take steps to ensure that water and sanitation ware of high quality. Read more ...
"Free movement of IDPs after all LTTE cadres apprehended"
There is reliable information that LTTE cadres have infiltrated refugee welfare centres and as such, the Government has to take utmost care in permitting even the limited freedom of movement of the IDPs until these elements were identified and apprehended under the ongoing screening process, said Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe on Friday at the Hotel Taj Samudra. Over fifty percent of the 270,000 IDPs have already been registered and the rest will be registered and screened. The Government cannot take any chance given the LTTE propensity to cause maximum carnage among the civilian population by launching terrorist acts, he said.
Minister Samarasinghe was delivering the keynote address after inaugurating the two-day seminar on "Winning the War to Winning Peace: Postwar Rebuilding of Society", jointly organised by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) and the Centre for Security Analysis (CSA),Chennai.
The issue of the freedom of movement of IDPs was currently before the Supreme Court, he said adding that the Government bears a responsibility to the rest of the people of Sri Lanka to care for their safety. This decision was taken after careful scrutiny of the rights of the IDPs and the rest of the population. Read more ...
Minister Samarasinghe was delivering the keynote address after inaugurating the two-day seminar on "Winning the War to Winning Peace: Postwar Rebuilding of Society", jointly organised by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) and the Centre for Security Analysis (CSA),Chennai.
The issue of the freedom of movement of IDPs was currently before the Supreme Court, he said adding that the Government bears a responsibility to the rest of the people of Sri Lanka to care for their safety. This decision was taken after careful scrutiny of the rights of the IDPs and the rest of the population. Read more ...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Mine Clearing and settlement of IDPs
According to a news report (Bloomberg) dated 27 August 2009, Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa has stated mine clearance would determine the pace of that settlement of IDPs in the Vanni. This statement has to be examined against two positions.
The first is what some observers say is the undertaking given by the government to India during the visit of Security advisor Menon and the former Foreign Secretary of India soon after the LTTE was defeated in the field and later by Basil Rajapakse during his visit to India. The second is the pressure exerted by the West in general and especially by the U.S. administration, NGO and the Bishop in Sri Lanka. The U.S. pressure group in the administration is led by former U.S.Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert O Blake who is now Assistant Secretary for Asia in the Dept. of State and his colleague, Eric Schwartz , Assistant Secretary of the Dept of Population, Refugees and Migration.
The problem of resettlement of IDPs in the Vanni in Sri Lanka is not something that could be evaluated by people sitting in Washington or in the Bishop’s House in Colombo. They look at things from different points of view, more from human rights angle as Eric Schwartz opted, calling for voluntary resettlement, emphasizing the freedom for people to decide where they should go and when. That is American ethos applied to Japanese-Americans after the war –“Go anywhere you like. Here’s $25 [pocket money and a train ticket”-language]. The Bishop may be looking at things from a purely humanitarian angle considering the immense suffering the internees have to endure all round, now made worse by the weather. Read more ...
The first is what some observers say is the undertaking given by the government to India during the visit of Security advisor Menon and the former Foreign Secretary of India soon after the LTTE was defeated in the field and later by Basil Rajapakse during his visit to India. The second is the pressure exerted by the West in general and especially by the U.S. administration, NGO and the Bishop in Sri Lanka. The U.S. pressure group in the administration is led by former U.S.Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert O Blake who is now Assistant Secretary for Asia in the Dept. of State and his colleague, Eric Schwartz , Assistant Secretary of the Dept of Population, Refugees and Migration.
The problem of resettlement of IDPs in the Vanni in Sri Lanka is not something that could be evaluated by people sitting in Washington or in the Bishop’s House in Colombo. They look at things from different points of view, more from human rights angle as Eric Schwartz opted, calling for voluntary resettlement, emphasizing the freedom for people to decide where they should go and when. That is American ethos applied to Japanese-Americans after the war –“Go anywhere you like. Here’s $25 [pocket money and a train ticket”-language]. The Bishop may be looking at things from a purely humanitarian angle considering the immense suffering the internees have to endure all round, now made worse by the weather. Read more ...
Tigers have infiltrated Vavuniya IDP camp- Minister Samarasinghe
The government has reliable information that LTTE cadres have infiltrated the ranks of the IDPs in Vavuniya and utmost care has to be taken in permitting even limited freedom of movement as the risk exists of LTTE cadres posing as civilian IDPs and entering the general population, Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe said while speaking at a seminar in Colombo today
Speaking on the on the topic “Winning the War to Winning the Peace: Postwar Rebuilding of Society” at the seminar organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies Minister Samarasinghe said the government has screened and readied for release over 10,000 persons from welfare centres and relief villages who are elderly, are pregnant or lactating mothers or are children.
“We have reliable information that LTTE cadres have infiltrated the ranks of the IDPs. Until the screening process is complete and these elements are identified and apprehended we have to take utmost care in permitting even limited freedom of movement as the risk exists of LTTE cadres posing as civilian IDPs and entering the general population. This is a chance we cannot afford to take. The decision was not taken lightly but rather by a careful balancing of the rights of the IDPs against those of the rest of the population, especially given the LTTE’s propensity to cause maximum carnage among the civilian population by launching terrorist acts.”
He also said that Sri Lanka needs to be on our guard against those, particularly Western, media outlets which, by disseminating disinformation spread by the LTTE network’s remnants and their proxies, constantly seek to besmirch the name of Sri Lanka.
He recalled that a few days ago a horrifying video of supposed executions of Tamil persons in January this year was played on a Western television channel’s news programme and the canard was immediately picked up by many news organs and given wide publicity. Read more ...
Speaking on the on the topic “Winning the War to Winning the Peace: Postwar Rebuilding of Society” at the seminar organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies Minister Samarasinghe said the government has screened and readied for release over 10,000 persons from welfare centres and relief villages who are elderly, are pregnant or lactating mothers or are children.
“We have reliable information that LTTE cadres have infiltrated the ranks of the IDPs. Until the screening process is complete and these elements are identified and apprehended we have to take utmost care in permitting even limited freedom of movement as the risk exists of LTTE cadres posing as civilian IDPs and entering the general population. This is a chance we cannot afford to take. The decision was not taken lightly but rather by a careful balancing of the rights of the IDPs against those of the rest of the population, especially given the LTTE’s propensity to cause maximum carnage among the civilian population by launching terrorist acts.”
He also said that Sri Lanka needs to be on our guard against those, particularly Western, media outlets which, by disseminating disinformation spread by the LTTE network’s remnants and their proxies, constantly seek to besmirch the name of Sri Lanka.
He recalled that a few days ago a horrifying video of supposed executions of Tamil persons in January this year was played on a Western television channel’s news programme and the canard was immediately picked up by many news organs and given wide publicity. Read more ...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Impending Disaster for the IDPs if they are released
Monsoon rains in the Vanni
On the fifteenth of August, at the the hallowed feast of Madhu, the Right Reverend Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith called for the "the immediate release of the IDPs". Top officials of the US government, probably still following the briefings of Robert Blake, have stated that "Release from confinement is an issue that friends of Sri Lanka continue to raise." The Island Editorial on the 21st of August has reviewed some of these calls to release the IDPs, and stated some of the ground realities in very clear terms.
The ostensible reason for the new call for the immediate release of the IDPs is that the Menik Farm area is flooded. Additionally, we are told that there is no reason to keep the young and the old in the camps. So, are they suggesting forcible separation of the young and the old from their families? If the Vanni villages are to be reconstructed, surely it is the able bodied who should be released, while the young and the old are retained and cared for in the camps! Read more ...
On the fifteenth of August, at the the hallowed feast of Madhu, the Right Reverend Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith called for the "the immediate release of the IDPs". Top officials of the US government, probably still following the briefings of Robert Blake, have stated that "Release from confinement is an issue that friends of Sri Lanka continue to raise." The Island Editorial on the 21st of August has reviewed some of these calls to release the IDPs, and stated some of the ground realities in very clear terms.
The ostensible reason for the new call for the immediate release of the IDPs is that the Menik Farm area is flooded. Additionally, we are told that there is no reason to keep the young and the old in the camps. So, are they suggesting forcible separation of the young and the old from their families? If the Vanni villages are to be reconstructed, surely it is the able bodied who should be released, while the young and the old are retained and cared for in the camps! Read more ...
No visible progress in bringing reconciliation to SL
US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake could be ‘way off the mark’ when he questions Sri Lanka’s progress in resettling and rehabilitating the IDPs of the North but has given the country and its political leadership something to deeply ponder over and be concerned about when he says that they are very wanting on the question of bringing reconciliation to Sri Lanka.
Ideally, there should be rapid progress in the screening of IDPs and their resettlement but this operation is fraught with risks on account of the possibility of quite a few former LTTE cadres masquerading as civilians. Admittedly, the screening process has to be carried out with considerable circumspection in view of this risk and the state could not afford to be careless on this score, lest ex-LTTE members mingle with the population segment in question and pose a future security threat to the state. Read more ...
Ideally, there should be rapid progress in the screening of IDPs and their resettlement but this operation is fraught with risks on account of the possibility of quite a few former LTTE cadres masquerading as civilians. Admittedly, the screening process has to be carried out with considerable circumspection in view of this risk and the state could not afford to be careless on this score, lest ex-LTTE members mingle with the population segment in question and pose a future security threat to the state. Read more ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
India gives more relief
Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad yesterday handed over to the UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne, the fourth consignment of relief goods from India meant for the IDP population in northern Sri Lanka. The 600-ton consignment, which arrived in Colombo on August 8 and valued at over USD 3 million is a symbol of India's continuing concern for the welfare of the IDPs, said a press release issued by the Indian High Commission yesterday.
The consignment consists of more than 600,000 packages of grocery items, utensils, plastic mats, clothing materials including children's clothing, footwear, jerry cans and personal hygiene items. Almost all the items in the consignment are sufficient to cover the needs of 80,000 families, i.e. nearly the entire IDP population in the north. Read more ...
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The consignment consists of more than 600,000 packages of grocery items, utensils, plastic mats, clothing materials including children's clothing, footwear, jerry cans and personal hygiene items. Almost all the items in the consignment are sufficient to cover the needs of 80,000 families, i.e. nearly the entire IDP population in the north. Read more ...
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Displaced to be resettled in Mahaweli System L
An area south of Nedunkerni and Kebettigollewa has been identified for resettlement of about 1,500 to 2,000 displaced families before the end of this year.
“We hope to increase this to 25,000 families immediately thereafter by developing agriculture and livestock breeding to uplift the living standards of these families in Mahaweli System L,” said Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka Director General Dharmasiri de Alwis.
He said before developing agriculture, attention should be paid to developing irrigation. “We decided to facilitate the development of the systems such as H, B, C, D and L under the Mahaweli Ganga Development Project (MGDP),” de Alwis said.
More than 125,000 families in systems H, B, C and G will be resettled. In 1988, the Government decided to add another system under the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka in settling families providing opportunities by utilizing Mahaweli water. Later this system and the development area was called system L which is among the 13 systems under MGDP,” he said. Read more ...
“We hope to increase this to 25,000 families immediately thereafter by developing agriculture and livestock breeding to uplift the living standards of these families in Mahaweli System L,” said Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka Director General Dharmasiri de Alwis.
He said before developing agriculture, attention should be paid to developing irrigation. “We decided to facilitate the development of the systems such as H, B, C, D and L under the Mahaweli Ganga Development Project (MGDP),” de Alwis said.
More than 125,000 families in systems H, B, C and G will be resettled. In 1988, the Government decided to add another system under the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka in settling families providing opportunities by utilizing Mahaweli water. Later this system and the development area was called system L which is among the 13 systems under MGDP,” he said. Read more ...
Rain affected IDPs reduced to mere 500
At the commencement of the North-East monsoonal rains last week, almost 21,000 IDPs in the Vavuniya Welfare Centres were badly affected but due to emergency relief operations carried by the authorities those affected have been reduced to a mere 500 at present, Vavuniya District Secretary Ms P. M. S. Charles said.
Due to the sudden downpour last week some welfare centres got flooded but most of the affected have been shifted to new camps put up at higher elevations and they have been supplied with cooked meals, the District Secretary further said.
IDPs at welfare centres at zone 4 were worst affected due to the flooding. Toilet pits were washed away due to the floods but a proper drainage system has been put in place now and the problem solved, she said. Read more ...
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Due to the sudden downpour last week some welfare centres got flooded but most of the affected have been shifted to new camps put up at higher elevations and they have been supplied with cooked meals, the District Secretary further said.
IDPs at welfare centres at zone 4 were worst affected due to the flooding. Toilet pits were washed away due to the floods but a proper drainage system has been put in place now and the problem solved, she said. Read more ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
US to provide Lanka with USD 8 million for IDPs
The US has announced USD 8 million assistance for the Tamil displaced persons in the North, but said the IDPs "need to be out of the welfare camps" soon and return to Wanni following the defeat of LTTE.
"The importance of prompt return (of IDPS) from the camps and we really stressed that is going to be a key objective and (Sri Lankan) government officials said it is but I think it is an issue that we need to keep pushing on", Eric Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration of the US State Department, said. Read more ...
"The importance of prompt return (of IDPS) from the camps and we really stressed that is going to be a key objective and (Sri Lankan) government officials said it is but I think it is an issue that we need to keep pushing on", Eric Schwartz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration of the US State Department, said. Read more ...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Govt. expands IDP facilities
Ministry of Health has decided to increase the Chettikulam Welfare complex by two more villages in the near future as the already established five villages are inadequate to meet the basic needs of the displaced people there, IDPs Health Care Director Dr. Hemantha Herath said yesterday.
“At present there are around 80,000 IDPs. The Ministry has decided to increase the welfare villages so that the IDP’s could live more comfortably until they get their own shelter. However, the health care services at the Chettikulam Welfare Villages are functioning even now effectively and smoothly,” Dr.Herath said
The Director also said that the IDPs of different age groups are leading a healthier and happier life than they did under the LTTE rule. We are proud to say that a very few cases of chickenpox and hepatitis are being reported now. Even the water supply and the sanitary facilities have improved in the welfare camps but amenities should be improved further,” he said. Read more ...
“At present there are around 80,000 IDPs. The Ministry has decided to increase the welfare villages so that the IDP’s could live more comfortably until they get their own shelter. However, the health care services at the Chettikulam Welfare Villages are functioning even now effectively and smoothly,” Dr.Herath said
The Director also said that the IDPs of different age groups are leading a healthier and happier life than they did under the LTTE rule. We are proud to say that a very few cases of chickenpox and hepatitis are being reported now. Even the water supply and the sanitary facilities have improved in the welfare camps but amenities should be improved further,” he said. Read more ...
Talks with Indian leaders yield results
The Indian government has set apart Indian Rs. 500 crore (SL Rs. 11.9 billion) for North East reconstruction and resettlement of IDPs in the annual Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee unveiled in Indian Parliament recently.
This was another outcome of talks that President’s Senior Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga held with the Indian leaders in New Delhi last month.
Minister Mukherjee in his Budget speech reiterated his government’s commitment to help Sri Lankan Tamils secure their democratic rights and fulfill their legitimate aspirations within the parameters of the country’s sovereignty and the Constitution. “Our External Affairs Ministry is closely working with the Sri Lankan Government towards this end,” Mukherjee who himself was a former External Affairs Minister told Parliament. Read more ...
This was another outcome of talks that President’s Senior Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga held with the Indian leaders in New Delhi last month.
Minister Mukherjee in his Budget speech reiterated his government’s commitment to help Sri Lankan Tamils secure their democratic rights and fulfill their legitimate aspirations within the parameters of the country’s sovereignty and the Constitution. “Our External Affairs Ministry is closely working with the Sri Lankan Government towards this end,” Mukherjee who himself was a former External Affairs Minister told Parliament. Read more ...
Friday, July 10, 2009
Sri Lanka – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #14 (FY 2009)
OCHA reported that nearly 280,000 IDPs resided in temporary camps as of June 26, including approximately 260,000 people in Vavuniya District camps.
The GoSL requested that ICRC scale down activities in response to the changing humanitarian context. ICRC has begun discussions with GoSL authorities and is reviewing current operations, according to a July 9 ICRC press release.
According to a July 7 UNHCR report, U.N. agencies and NGOs have observed a significant improvement in humanitarian access to IDP sites, as well as a decreased military presence inside the camps. The improved access has allowed more effective implementation of activities to address IDP needs.
According to UNHCR participatory assessments, as of July 7, IDPs have identified overcrowded camp conditions, insufficient access to health care services, and lack of information on separated family members as key concerns. Read more ...
The GoSL requested that ICRC scale down activities in response to the changing humanitarian context. ICRC has begun discussions with GoSL authorities and is reviewing current operations, according to a July 9 ICRC press release.
According to a July 7 UNHCR report, U.N. agencies and NGOs have observed a significant improvement in humanitarian access to IDP sites, as well as a decreased military presence inside the camps. The improved access has allowed more effective implementation of activities to address IDP needs.
According to UNHCR participatory assessments, as of July 7, IDPs have identified overcrowded camp conditions, insufficient access to health care services, and lack of information on separated family members as key concerns. Read more ...
Saudi relief supplies arrive in Lanka
On the instructions of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, relief supplies from Saudi Arabia arrived at Colombo airport on Wednesday for distribution among refugees of the recent fighting in Sri Lanka.
Some 300,000 Sri Lankans have been displaced by the war to recapture rebel-held territories in north and east of the island. Read more ...
Some 300,000 Sri Lankans have been displaced by the war to recapture rebel-held territories in north and east of the island. Read more ...
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Discharge IDPs with own houses from Wanni camps, says TNA MP Srikantha
N Srikantha and other TNA lawmakers attended an all party conference held by the President for the first time in several years signaling thereby a change of heart in synch with the times. They appreciate the government efforts at resettling the IDPs but have their own views on how the work should progress. Read more ...
UNHCR helps first IDP returns to Ampara
With the return of one thousand families for re-settle in the Ampara district on July 02 the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and partners have assisted with Government of Sri Lanka to the return process in Ampara today, marking the first Government-organized return movement in the district in seven years. In addition to accompanying today's process, the agency is distributing emergency shelter kits that can be used as a temporary measure.
Only a handful of IDPs in the East await re-settlement today.
The thousand returnees to Ampara district on July 02 was the first government organized return of displaced persons to this district in 7 years.
The UNHCR said that prior to this return, de-mining/ clearance of unexploded ordnance was completed and the IDPs were provided an opportunity to engage in a 'go&see' visit to ensure that they were able to make an independent and well-informed decision. Read more ...
Only a handful of IDPs in the East await re-settlement today.
The thousand returnees to Ampara district on July 02 was the first government organized return of displaced persons to this district in 7 years.
The UNHCR said that prior to this return, de-mining/ clearance of unexploded ordnance was completed and the IDPs were provided an opportunity to engage in a 'go&see' visit to ensure that they were able to make an independent and well-informed decision. Read more ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Gilani directs HC to send aid to Sri Lanka
ISLAMABAD, Jun 23 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has directed Pakistan’s High Commissioner in Sri Lanka to present a cheque of US dollar 70,000 as donation to the Sri Lankan government for supply of medical items for IDPs in Sri Lanka, under the Special Assistance Programme for South Asia (SAPSA) Fund. The government of Sri Lanka had requested the international community including Pakistan for assistance in addressing the humanitarian situation arising out of armed conflict with LTTE in the North. Source:
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