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'Pain' of Sri Lanka aid pullout
Fears of a humanitarian crisis are mounting in northern Sri Lanka as troops press ahead with an offensive to capture territory from Tamil rebels. A week ago the UN and other agencies pulled out of the area, where more than 200,000 people are displaced by fighting. Here one aid worker describes how hard it was to leave.
During my last weeks in Kilinochchi there was a foreboding sense of a massive army approaching from the south-west.

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Troops are now near Kilinochchi
We left a number of our staff, who could not get passes, behind. We shared tears, we shared the feelings of terror and intense guilt, and we left.
I remember feeling deep shame as I drove past civilians who were watching me from the side of the road, in my ballistic vest, heading for safety, as they stood there in their trousers and shirts and saris. We drove through the site of a fresh air attack on the A9 road and once again saw the devastation it caused and understood what may come for Kilinochchi and its civilian population.
Although I appreciate and respect the security rules that govern aid workers and understand why we had to leave, I still have to deal with a great sense that I abandoned those people. There is the pain and guilt of saying goodbye and good luck to our staff who had worked so hard and with such passion for the victims of war in the Vanni - and leaving them behind.

full article at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7630187.stm

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ஸ்ரீலங்கா அரசு தொடர்ச்சியாக உலக அமைப்புகளை நாட்டிலிருந்து வெளியேற்றுவதிலே கவனமாக இருக்கிறது. கிழக்கிலே அச்சுறுத்தலினாலே தமிழர்நலன்புரியும் அமைப்புகளின் செயற்பாடுகளை நிறுத்தியது. கொழும்பிலே கொலையே செய்தது. இப்போது ஐநா அமைப்புகளைத் திட்டித் தள்ளுவதிலும் கழுத்தை நசிப்பதிலுமே கண்ணாகியுள்ளது. தமிழ்மக்களுக்கான கொஞ்ச நஞ்ச உதவியினையும் அமுக்கிவிடும் உபாயத்திலே உலக நாடுகளின் ஆயுத உதவியோடு இதுவும் சேர்ந்துகொள்கிறது.

Reuters
SRI LANKA: "Groundless" allegations could threaten aid work - UN official
28 Nov 2007 07:12:23 GMT

"Groundless public accusations can seriously compromise our ability to carry out humanitarian and development work and are also putting the safety and security of UN staff and non-governmental organisation (NGO) partners at risk," Neil Buhne, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sri Lanka, said in a recent statement released by the UN Inter Agency Standing Committee (ISAC) country team.

முழுதாக வாசிப்பதற்கு இங்கே போங்கள்
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/45b2951a8161f1ad51202b77d95322f7.htm

Labels: sri lanka, uno

அகதிகளின் துயரங்களைப் பற்றித் தெரியாதவர்களுக்கு அவற்றை உணரவைக்க ஐநாவின் இணையவிளையாட்டு.
http://www.playagainstallodds.com/game_us.html

Labels: refugee, uno