News: humanitarian concerns

07/08/2010 | ColomboPage
July 08, Colombo: Many of the rules of war were based on the presumption that the warring parties in an armed conflict are conventional armies of states and in Sri Lanka's case the LTTE terrorists totally disregarded those laws and principles, Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN, Palitha Kohona pointed out to the UN Security Council yesterday (07).
02/06/2010 | Sydney Morning Herald
The guns fell silent more than eight months ago but the brutal conclusion to Sri Lanka's civil war is still being felt by Tamils caught up in the conflict.
12/07/2009 | The New York Times
NEW DELHI — A report on Sri Lanka to be released next week by the Senate Foreign Relations committee urges a less confrontational approach to that nation, citing strategic American interests in the region.