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The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday adopted a US-sponsored resolution on human rights violation in Sri Lanka with 25 countries voting in favour in the 47-nation strong body. CH UNTV
The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday adopted a US-sponsored resolution on human rights violation in Sri Lanka with 25 countries voting in favour in the 47-nation strong body. CH UNTV
The United Nations on Friday expressed "deep dismay" at Saudi Arabia’s execution of Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia. CH UNTV
"This morning Charles Petrie briefed the Secretary-General on the findings and recommendations of the Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka. UNTV
Cricket stars from across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean leverage their popularity in Sri Lanka in a UNICEF/UNAIDS campaign against HIV-AIDS. UNICEF
The Human Rights Council today called on Sri Lanka to take credible steps to investigate abuses committed during the final days of its civil war, which ended in May 2009. CH UNTV
Hundreds of children were reported missing during the recent conflict in Sri Lanka. The government and UNICEF are helping to trace these children and to date, they have reunified 47 children with their families, 63 other cases have been verified. UNICEF
For the first time in many years, Sri Lankan refugees are returning home from India by ferry. So far this year, the UN Refugee Agency has repatriated almost 1,500 Sri Lankan refugees exclusively by plane, but after this trial, refugees are expected to return home by ferry on a weekly basis. UNHCR
It’s been nearly seven years since a tsunami tore apart Sri Lanka’s coastal communities, some 400 families continue to live in refugee camps.Despite the outpouring of international support just after the tsunami, IFAD is the only international organization that continues to build houses to resettle tsunami victims. IFAD
UN Spokesman Martin Nesirky said today that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is “carefully reviewing” the panel of experts’ advisory report’s conclusions and recommendations concerning accountability issues with respect to the final stages of the conflict in Sri Lanka. UNTV
Catherine Bragg, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator for the UN briefs the press on her recent trip to flood-ravaged Sri Lanka. She stresses the importance of continued humanitarian efforts in an already conflict traumatized nation. UNTV / FILE