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UNHCR chief António Guterres

Drop in refugees from Sri Lanka shows progress towards peace: UN official

21 February 2006
Ahead of Wednesday’s peace talks on Sri Lanka between Tamil Tiger separatists and the Government, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that the drop in the number of Sri Lankans fleeing regional insecurity showed that all people on the island want an end to the 20-year conflict.

UN agency calls on Sri Lanka separatists to stop recruiting child soldiers

14 February 2006
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today urged Tamil separatists in strife-torn Sri Lanka to stop recruiting child soldiers and release those already in their ranks.

UN agencies call for release of aid workers abducted in Sri Lanka

2 February 2006
Deploring the reported abduction of 10 humanitarian aid workers on the troubled island of Sri Lanka, United Nations officials in the country today called for their immediate release, saying they had “the right to respect and protection from harm.”