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Children in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: with supplies cut ‘serious problem’ looms in Jaffna, UN warns

22 September 2006
A “serious problem” is looming in Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna peninsula where escalating violence between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Government forces has cut food supplies and driven 60,000 people, nearly half of them children, into displaced persons camps, United Nations agencies have warned.

UN expert welcomes proposed commission on killings in Sri Lanka

5 September 2006
The United Nations independent human rights expert on extrajudicial executions today welcomed the President of Sri Lanka’s announced intention to invite an international commission to inquire into recent killings, disappearances and abductions in the strife-torn country.

Renewed fighting in Sri Lanka disrupts return of displaced, UN refugee agency says

1 September 2006
A new flare-up of fighting in Sri Lanka has disrupted returns to Muttar Town, the scene of recent violence and military operations, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.