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Sri Lanka: UN expert urges targeted measures to assist internally displaced

27 December 2007
While considerable efforts have been made to assist hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict in Sri Lanka, more must be done to ensure their safety and access to livelihoods so that they can lead normal lives, according to an independent United Nations human rights expert who recently visited the country.
Koïchiro Matsuura

Sri Lanka: UNESCO chief condemns bombing of rebel radio station

3 December 2007
The Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned a deadly attack on a radio station run by the rebel Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.
Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon condemns suicide attacks in Sri Lanka

28 November 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced outrage at today’s twin suicide attacks in the Sri Lankan capital, which have killed or wounded dozens of people, and yesterday’s aerial assault on a United Nations aid office in the far north of the troubled country.

Security incidents drive more Sri Lankans to flee their homes – UN agency

23 November 2007
Security incidents in eastern Sri Lanka are driving recently returned displaced people to flee their homes once again, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today, calling on the Government to take measures in response.

UN human rights expert reports allegations of torture in Sri Lanka

29 October 2007
An independent United Nations human rights expert said today that although Sri Lanka has measures in place to prevent torture, the brutal practice is widespread – an accusation disputed by a representative of the country’s Government.
Louise Arbour

UN, Sri Lanka should cooperate on human rights, High Commissioner says

15 October 2007
Citing ongoing reports of abuses in Sri Lanka, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who has just wrapped up a visit to the country, called for UN-Government cooperation to address the problem.
Family benefits from the programme

Displaced for 10 years, Sri Lankans find new homes under UN-backed project

3 October 2007
More than 360 displaced families have been given new homes in northern Sri Lanka under a United Nations-backed programme after spending a decade in overcrowded welfare centres for internally displaced persons (IDP).

Top UN relief official discusses humanitarian concerns with Sri Lankan President

9 August 2007
Assistance for returnees and ensuring the safety of civilians and aid workers were on the agenda today as United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes met with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss humanitarian matters in the South Asian island nation.

UN relief chief tours conflict-wracked areas of eastern Sri Lanka

8 August 2007
The top United Nations humanitarian official toured eastern Sri Lanka today, meeting with some of the tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the region and holding talks with local authorities to try to improve the relief effort there.

Sri Lanka: UN relief chief calls on Government to probe aid workers’ murders

6 August 2007
Terming the killings a year ago today of 17 Sri Lankan aid workers “probably the single worst crime committed against humanitarian workers in recent history,” the top United Nations humanitarian official called on the Government to investigate “with the full weight and force of the justice system” the crime that has seemingly become a cold case.