07/17/2010
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Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. country chief in Sri Lanka, recalled to New York in a spat over demonstrations outside the U.N. office in the capital, Colombo, will go back to his post, the world body said on Friday.
07/15/2010
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The Economist
NEITHER Sri Lanka’s government, nor the United Nations seems ready to back down over an increasingly bitter dispute. This week a spokesman for Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, confirmed that a panel of three experts will be convened as planned to advise him on “accountability” for war crimes that were allegedly committed as Sri Lanka brought its civil war to a bloody end early in 2009.
07/10/2010
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Xinhua
COLOMBO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Wimal Weerawansa, the Sri Lankan cabinet minister currently on a death fast against UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, finally ended his action here Saturday evening.
07/10/2010
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Press Trust of India, Zee News
Washington: The US on Saturday said it was "deeply dismayed" at the treatment meted out to a top UN official in Sri Lanka and asked the Rajapaksa government to take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of UN personnel and premises there.
07/10/2010
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BBC
Embassies in Sri Lanka have expressed dismay over an "intimidating" protest which has blockaded the United Nations compound in the capital.
07/09/2010
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UN Dispatch
Hot off the presses, ten embassies in Colombo issue a joint statement on the protests thatforced the UN to close it's offices in Sri Lanka.
07/09/2010
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Daily Mirror
Just hours after the UN office in Colombo said that the closing down of the UNDP Regional Center in Sri Lanka was not linked to the protests outside the UN in Colombo, UN Associate spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters in New York a short while ago that both were linked.
07/09/2010
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Asia News
Ban Ki-Moon recalls UN Resident Coordinator Neil Buhne to New York. Demonstrations began last Tuesday. For opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, “The protest outside the UN office in Colombo has brought shame and disrepute to the country”.
07/09/2010
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Reuters
* U.S., Europe warn Sri Lanka over protest
* UN's Ban blasts Sri Lanka, recalls envoy
* Minister enters second day of hunger strike
* Minister's resignation rejected by president
* (Recasts, adds diplomatic statement)
07/09/2010
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Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The European Union and nine countries Friday warned Sri Lanka that a protest against a U.N. war crimes panel that blocked the world body's office could harm its international reputation.