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	09 Feb 2010	UN News	Sri Lanka: UN chief urges due process for arrested opposition leader
	09 Feb 2010	WFP	Sri Lanka - Ampara District: Emergency Food Security Assessment May 2009
	09 Feb 2010	WFP	Sri Lanka - Baticaloa District: Emergency Food Security AssessmentApril 2009
	08 Feb 2010	UN News	Ban appeals for post-election restraint in Sri Lanka as challenger arrested

Agriculture	Security
Shelter and Non-food Items	Water & Sanitation
Coordination and Support Services	Education
Food	Food
Health	Infrastructure and Rehabilitation
Mine Action	Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law
Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law	Refugees and IDPs

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Key Documents
	04 Jan 2008	Govt. Sri Lanka	Government abolishes the cease fire agreement from 16 January 2008
	05 Jul 2005	OCHA	Regional workshop on lessons learned and best practices in the response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami - Report and summary of main conclusions
	05 Jul 2005	OCHA	National post-tsunami lessons learned and best practices workshop - Report
	08 Feb 2005	OCHA	Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster of December 2004 - UNDAC Rapid Environmental Assessment in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka


	02 Feb 2010	OCHA	Asia-Pacific Region: Natural Disasters and Other Events being monitored by the OCHA Regional Office for the Asia-Pacific (20 - 26 Jan 2010) (PDF, 847 Kb)
	29 Jan 2010	OCHA	Sri Lanka: Vanni IDP Camps and Resettlement Information - Arrivals since 01 April 2008 - Updated as of 22 Jan 2010 (PDF, 608 Kb)
	27 Jan 2010	USAID	USG Humanitarian Assistance to Sri Lanka for the Complex Emergency (as of 25 Jan 2010) (PDF, 468 Kb)
	20 Jan 2010	OCHA	Sri Lanka: Vanni IDP Camps and Resettlement Information - Arrivals since 01 April 2008 - Updated as of 15 Jan 2010 (PDF, 606 Kb)


	04 Feb 2010	Program Director, UMCOR The United Methodist Committee on Relief
	01 Feb 2010	Head of Support Services United Nations Office for Project Services
	01 Feb 2010	Country Representative Oxfam Australia
	29 Jan 2010	Protection Programme Manager Danish Refugee Council


	Courses on Financial Management RedR UK Sri Lanka, Course Date to be determined
	Expression of Interest for Safety and Security Training RedR UK Sri Lanka, Course Date to be determined
	Designing and Managing Community Based Projects RedR UK Sri Lanka, Course Date to be determined
	Expression of Interest on Finance Management Courses RedR Sri Lanka, Course Date to be determined

Top 5 Natural Disasters reported
Disaster	Date	Total affected	Number of people
Drought	1987	2,200,000
Drought	1982	2,000,000
Flood	1983	1,250,000
Earthquake*	2004	1,019,306
Drought	2001	1,000,000

Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Data version: vv11.08 *: Including tsunami
Data displayed does not imply national endorsement.

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1.Global Humanitarian Platform Background Paper: "Changing environment, growing complexities, increasing demands – implications for humanitarian actors"

2.Arrest of Sri Lankan opposition leader escalates post-election repression

3.Sri Lanka: Northern Resettlement in full swing

4.Earthquakes caused the deadliest disasters in the past decade

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1.Ban appeals for post-election restraint in Sri Lanka as challenger arrested

2.Global Humanitarian Platform Background Paper: "Changing environment, growing complexities, increasing demands – implications for humanitarian actors"

3.Earthquakes caused the deadliest disasters in the past decade

4.Legal Limbo: The Uncertain Fate of Detained LTTE Suspects in Sri Lanka

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