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Sri Lanka: several thousands reported fleeing intensified government-rebel fighting – UN

19 January 2007
Several thousand more people began fleeing an embattled separatist rebel-held pocket of land on Sri Lanka’s east coast today towards Government positions as Government forces were reported to be advancing amid intensified fighting, the United Nations refugee agency said.

Sri Lanka rebels, breakaway faction still abduct children to fight as soldiers: UN report

16 January 2007
Sri Lankan children are being abducted to fight as soldiers in the bloody island conflict by separatist Tamil Tiger rebels and a breakaway group known as the Karuna faction, the Secretary-General has warned in his latest report to the Security Council, calling for an immediate end to the practice and recommending “targeted measures” in response.
Forced to flee their homes by fresh outbreak of fighting

Sri Lanka: 20,000 people uprooted by new Government-separatist fighting, UN reports

9 January 2007
More than 20,000 people have fled fighting between the Sri Lankan Government and Tamil separatists in the Indian Ocean island’s eastern costal strip of Vaharai in the past three weeks, but despite reaching relative safety they still they face many problems and an uncertain future, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.

UN calls for the protection of civilians in Sri Lanka as over 20 killed and dozens maimed

8 January 2007
Condemning the latest attacks on civilians in strife-torn Sri Lanka, which left more than 20 dead and dozens maimed, the United Nations office on the island today called for their immediate protection and warned of worsening conditions in the east, where thousands of people remain trapped by the fighting between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Sri Lanka: UN calls for warring parties to resume talks after at least 14 more are killed

2 January 2007
Following the killing of at least 14 civilians in Sri Lanka today, the United Nations called on the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to stop fighting, protect the innocent and resume talks.