KIRAN, Sri Lanka, June 30 (Reuters) - Dozens of young men have been rounded up and abducted in eastern Sri Lanka, the United Nations and residents say, probably to train as fighters for rival ethnic Tamil groups. With violence between the government...
Summary: Sri Lanka Tourist Board, with UNICEF support, launches action plan against Child Sex Tourism[COLOMBO, 18 June, 2006] - A two year action plan to stop the commercial exploitation of Sri Lanka’s children has been launched today. ...
Summary: The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, has renewed appeals to Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka to stop recruiting child soldiers.UNICEF said the Tigers had taken more than 5,000 children into their ranks since agreeing a 2002 truce. It...
Summary: Five years ago UN member states agreed to a landmark Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS to halt and reverse the epidemic by 2010. This week governments are reporting on the progress they have made. In a major new report the Panos Global...
[23 May 2006] – Voicing deep concern about increasing killings of civilians, including children, in Sri Lanka, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today urged the parties to take immediate steps to defuse the violence, resume...
[GENEVA, 16 May 2006] - Sri Lankan children in areas most affected by recent clashes are paying a high price for the escalating tension in the island. Thousands of children are still displaced from their homes following the recent violence in...
6 January 2005: CRINMAIL 641: Special Edition on South Asian Tsunamis: Contents: ********************************************************* NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- AID CONFERENCE: Kofi Annan Appeals...
Summary: With just days to go before the mandate of Sri Lanka's national Human Rights Commission is due to expire, Amnesty International calls for immediate action to preserve the country's key institution responsible for the protection of human...
Summary: President of the Republic of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse, launches the National Year of Children 2006.pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/save_sladdress.doc
Summary: The December 2004 tsunami is estimated to have killed more than 200,000 people and displaced more than 1.5 million. World Vision is working to meet the critical needs of impacted populations, with a special focus on families and children....