Posted in Compensation, Displacement, Government, Internal Displaced Persons, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, tagged internally displaced people, jobs, South Asia, Sri Lanka, UN, Widows on June 14, 2010 |
UN agency assists Sri Lanka to create jobs for war widows
11 June 2010
Source: UN News Centre
The United Nations Industrial development Organization (UNIDO) said today it was helping the Sri Lankan Government to provide jobs to an estimated 40,000 widows in the island country’s northern and eastern regions, which bore the brunt of nearly three decades of civil war. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Government, Military, NGOs, Refugee Camps, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, United Nations, tagged assistance, Government, IDPs, innocent civilians, Internally Displaced Persons, LTTE, Military, NGOs, no-fire zone, OHCHR, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, UN Secretary General, United Nations, war victims, Widows on April 7, 2009 |
By The United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR)
The Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin, expressed urgent concerns today for the lives of over 100,000 civilians trapped in the 14-square kilometre area of the Vanni declared by the Government of Sri Lanka as a no-fire zone. He spoke at the end of a 4-day visit to Sri Lanka.
“I am deeply concerned for the lives of over 100,000 civilians trapped in the 14-square kilometre area of the Vanni declared by the Government of Sri Lanka as a no-fire zone. Large numbers of civilians already have been killed or wounded. Following reports that LTTE fighters now have been pushed almost entirely into this zone, many more are at risk of losing their lives. I urgently repeat my call to the LTTE to allow all civilians under its control to leave this zone and to seek safety elsewhere. I also call on the Government of Sri Lanka to scrupulously respect the no-fire zone for as long as a civilian population remains within it. Moreover, I believe that a series of humanitarian pauses must be initiated immediately to allow civilians to leave and humanitarian actors to provide life-saving relief to the remaining population,” Mr. Kälin said.
Posted in Compensation, Iraq, Middle-East, tagged Compensation, Iraq, Marines, Widows on February 23, 2009 |
