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Condemning rebel attack in Sri Lanka, Ban Ki-moon calls for end to violence

27 February 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned an attack by separatist rebels in Sri Lanka which injured senior aid officials, including one from the United Nations, and urged both sides in the conflict to halt the bloodshed and resume talks.

Sri Lanka: UN delivers aid to over 2,000 families hosting internally displaced

6 February 2007
In Sri Lanka’s northern Jaffna Peninsula, the United Nations refugee agency has supplied aid to more than 2,000 families hosting thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) who have escaped renewed fighting between the Government forces and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.