Foreword by the Resident Coordinator Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka as it began the process of recovering from the cumulative shocks of the pandemic and the economic crisis, compounding...
Situation Overview The crisis in Sri Lanka has resulted in food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items, and rising protection concerns. Sri Lanka continues to...
Sri Lanka is experiencing a multidimensional crisis, compounded by food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items and rising protection concerns. The significant...
Humanitarian Context: Considerable progress has been made towards the commitment by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to finding a durable solution for all people displaced by the war, including...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The accumulation of heavy rains from December 2010 that caused devastating damage to districts throughout Eastern, Northern and North-Central Sri Lanka through mid-January 2011 was...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The heaviest rains in almost one hundred years hit Sri Lanka from 26 December 2010 onwards, causing devastating floods and landslides throughout the country. The floods followed two...
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sri Lanka's landscape changed dramatically during the first half of the 2009. The Government of Sri Lanka's (GoSL) advance into remaining rebel-held territory in the northern...
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / UPDATE Following advances of the Sri Lankan Army into Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts during the second half of 2008, heavy fighting continued in January 2009. During the...
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Inter Agency Standing Committee country team in Sri Lanka in consultation with the Government of Sri Lanka, donors and agencies involved in humanitarian relief and early...
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During 2007, the focus of the conflict in Sri Lanka moved from the East to certain parts of the North. As the situation in the East stabilised, the Government supported IDP...
1. CHANGES IN CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES Violence and fighting continued in the first five months of 2007, with severe humanitarian consequences for populations in the north and east...
1. CONTEXT By December 2006, upheavals of violence and periods of intense confrontation at local level became a recurring reality. The Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) is under severe strain. As none of the...
July 2002 - June 2003 This document presents the UN-supported elements of a joint Government/UN strategy to support the immediate needs of over 100,000 returning internally displaced persons (IDPs)...
