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Secretary-General Ban dispatches senior UN official to Sri Lanka

19 February 2008
A senior United Nations political official will tomorrow kick off a week-long mission to Sri Lanka, which has been troubled by violence in recent years, to examine the world body’s work in the island country after a request from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon urges dialogue to halt violence in Sri Lanka following latest attacks

16 January 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the attacks which occurred in Sri Lanka today, killing and injuring dozens – including children – and coinciding with the formal end of a truce between the Government and Tamil rebels.
Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

As Sri Lanka ceasefire ends, top UN official urges respect for human rights

15 January 2008
Following the Government’s decision to end the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement that halted a decades-long conflict with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the United Nations human rights chief has called on both parties to abide by their obligations under international law to protect civilians.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon urges political solution as Sri Lanka truce breaks down

3 January 2008
Secretary-General has underscored the urgent need for a political solution to end the bloodshed in Sri Lanka following the Government’s decision to terminate the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement that halted a decades-long conflict with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Sri Lankan children

Sri Lankan rebels, breakaway faction still recruiting child soldiers – Ban Ki-moon

28 December 2007
The separatist Tamil Tiger rebels and a breakaway group known as the Tamil Makkal Viduthali Pulikal (TMVP)/Karuna faction continue to abduct children to fight as soldiers in the bloody conflict in Sri Lanka, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report made public today.

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.
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.

Haiti: Over 100 Sri Lankan blue helmets repatriated on disciplinary grounds – UN

2 November 2007
The United Nations today announced that it will repatriate more than 100 Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) on disciplinary grounds.

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.