Today, the ICRC’s delegation in Sri Lanka focuses on addressing people’s remaining needs following the recent armed conflict, together with prevention activities. Our priorities include responding to ...

For some strange reason Sri Lanka never asked the international community to examine a report released by the UN Country Team that dealt with the situation in the Vanni from Aug 2008 to May 13, 2009.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 21 (UPI) -- Following the declared end to hostilities in Sri Lanka, the International Committee of the Red Cross has called for access to aid civilians in need. People in ...

Many of the displaced are moving to tented transit camps. The ICRC, which has been present in northern and eastern Sri Lanka for 15 years, is coordinating the humanitarian response by components ...

We adapted our activities at the start of the pandemic and we are in coordination with prison authorities ever since", said the Head of the ICRC delegation in Sri Lanka, Loukas Petridis. "We are ...

In a statement issued on Saturday, Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch-Brown urged the government of Sri Lanka to continue its dialogue with the ICRC in relation to civilians in camps for IDPs.

An ICRC statement on Thursday said the Geneva-based organisation was reviewing its setup and operational priorities in Sri Lanka. “As a first step, it will close its offices and withdraw its ...

He expressed his gratitude to the ICRC for its humanitarian operations in Sri Lanka since 1989 and acknowledged its continued commitment to the country.

She said the ICRC had urged both sides to allow safe passage for scores of sick and wounded people trapped in the conflict zone. Sri Lanka's army has surrounded the LTTE in a 300 sq km (115 sq ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Tamil families in north-eastern Sri Lanka are calling for the creation of a mechanism that would provide answers to ...