08/02/2011
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IBN
CHENNAI: With a view to giving Tamil readers an exclusive insight and a better understanding of the controversial UN Panel report on Lankan war crimes, Chennai-based Manitham Publishers has published a book titled ‘War Criminal’ (Por Kutravali), which has reproduced the whole report in Tamil.
12/07/2010
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Tamil Daily
Sri Lanka Government has directed the United Nations officials to close the UNICEF, UNHCR offices in Ki’linochchi district in the North, and Trincomalee in the East before the end of this year, and to move the administrative functions to offices located outside NorthEast, civil society sources in Jaffna said. The sources fear that Colombo’s action is part of its longer term strategy to rid of all NGO offices in the NorthEast.
During the period of intense war in Vanni, the UN Office functioning inside Vanni was moved south to Vavuniya, outside the areas of combat. However, after the war ended Colombo refused to allow the UN officials to reopen in the previously operated premises.
UNICEF has administrative control over four schools in Pa’lai and Ki’linochchi areas. UNICEF will maintain its functions working from its Jaffna offices, sources said.
World Food Program continues to distribute rations in Vanni area.
Jaffna, Kilinochch, Trincomalee, UN, UNICEF, Vanni, Vavuniya
03/23/2010
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Groundviews
Several Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances of Persons (COIs) had been appointed by successive governments since 1990. Of these, the writer had been the Secretary to what is known as the Central Zone Commission and the All Island Commission appointed in 1994 and 1998, respectively. Militancy of Sinhala youth in the South and the Tamil youth in the North resulted in what the NGOs estimate to be the disappearance of nearly 60,000 youth from various parts of Sri Lanka. However the Commissions appointed in 1994 received only 27,526 complaints. Of these 10,136 complaints were inquired into by the All Island Commission appointed in 1998. The following comments and observations are made as a corollary to the book that is being launched today. It is hoped that the readers would get a clearer picture of the task of the COIs and what followed after their reports were submitted to the President.
03/14/2010
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The Sunday Leader
There is little doubt the war crimes issue would have any impact on this parliamentary election. The April 8 election has nothing serious on its platforms. It’s all about athletes, film stars, cricketers, journalists and also lumpens, and more about these “wonderful” personalities.
01/08/2010
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The Hindu
Seventeen days ahead of the January 26 Presidential election, a fresh row has broken out between Sri Lanka and the United Nations (UN) after it was made known that the UN Secretary-General Ban ki-moon has conveyed to Colombo that he is considering appointing a Commission of Experts to advise him further and to assist the Sri Lankan Government in taking measures to address possible violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in the last days of Eelam War IV (July 2006 to May 2009).
01/07/2010
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The Washington Post
UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday that a videotape of an apparent execution of blindfolded and naked Tamils by Sri Lankan soldiers probably is authentic and called for a war crimes investigation.
12/11/2009
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AP, Associated Press
Sri Lankan children continue to be recruited for combat despite the end of the country's civil war seven months ago, a U.N. envoy said Friday.
12/11/2009
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BBC
A senior United Nations envoy has asked the Sri Lankan government to release all detained Tamil Tiger child soldiers and reunite them with their families.