JOHN HOLMES TO VISIT SRI LANKA ONCE AGAIN
Posted on November 14th, 2009
By Walter Jayawardhana
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes will undertake a mission to Sri Lanka this week, the United Nations announced .
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The 17 to 19 November visit will be the fourth this year for Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes, who previously travelled there in February, April and May.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ The UN has been closely monitoring the situation in Sri Lanka , where more than 270,000 people were staying in closed camps after hostilities between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in May.
ƒÆ’-¡ƒ”š‚ In recent months according to estimates internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) now number about 163,000.