Meeting of the sub-committee on immediate humanitarian and rehabilitation needs in the North and East (SIHRN)

• Country/entity

  Sri Lanka
  
• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  
• Agreement name

  Meeting of the sub-committee on immediate humanitarian and rehabilitation needs in the North and East (SIHRN)
• Date

  28 Feb 2003
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Sri Lankan Civil War (1983 - 2009) )
• Stage

  Pre-negotiation/process
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Sri Lanka LTTE 2002 onward process
• Parties

  Government of Sri Lanka, headed by Mr. Bernard Goonetilleke; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, headed by Mr. Tamilselvan
• Third parties

  Royal Government of Norway, represented by Ambassador Jon Westberg; Ambassador Seiichro Otsuka of Japan participated on behalf of Mr. Yasushi Akashi, principal advisor to the Sub-Committee
• Description

  Short press statement issued by Norwegian Government announcing a list of approved development projects and the establishment of a resettlement project for Manar district, headed by members from both parties.

• Agreement document

  LK_030228_Meeting of the sub-committee on immediate humanitarian and rehabilitation needs in the North and East (SIHRN).pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

THE ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

MEETING OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN AND REHABILITATION NEEDS iN THE NORTH AND EAST (SIHRN), ON 27-28 FEBRUARY 2003.

Press Release

28 February 2003

The fourth meeting of the SIHRN took place in Kilinochchi on February 27 and 28 2003 at the premises of the SIHRN Secretariat.

Mr. Bernard Goonetilleke headed the Government's delegation while Mr. Tamilselvan lead the L TTE delegation.

Ambassador Jon Westborg facilitated the meeting on behalf of the Norwegian Government.

Ambassador Seiichro Otsuka of Japan participated on behalf of Mr. Yasushi Akashi, principal advisor to the Sub-Committee.

The Sub-Committee decided to initiate a programme for the resettlement of displaced persons in the Mannar District.

The programme will respond to the needs and interest of all communities in the Mannar District.

The Secretariat has been requested to initiate a Needs Assessment for the resettlement of internally displaced persons from the district.

Under the overall resettlement program, the Sub-Committee agreed:

1. to establish a resettlement program for the Mannar District in order to meet the needs of all displaced communities;

2. that the Mannar district will be assessed by fıve Assessment Teams comprising the following members

GOSL - 02 (at least one member to represent the Muslim community)

LTTE-02

UNHCR-01;

3. that these Needs Assessment Teams should as part of their work ensure that original residents,

displaced outside the district of Mannar are also consulted,

4. that the reports of the Needs Assessment Teams should be submitted by 31 st March 2003.

5. that an implementation proposal is to be developed based on the reports of the Assessment Teams.

The implementation proposal shall be developed by a team comprising 2 members each from the GOSL and the L TTE and the UNHCR;

and that the work of the Assessment Teams shall be coordinated by the UNHCR SIHRN, to accommodate the urgent needs of the people, gave its final approval to the following projects that will be implemented as soon as the fınances has been made available by the donors through the World Bank:

*The fırst phase of the road between Mullaitivu -Mankulam-Vellankulam

*Centre (located in Kilinochchi) for mentally traumatized women

*Renovation of paddy storage facility in Mannar district

*Construction of ice plants in Thirukovil and Saintthamaruthu in Ampara District

*Resettlement of 8 villages, one in each of the eight districts in the North East in addition 10 further projects were approved subject to certain clarifıcation from the Director of the Secretariat of SIHRN:

Emergency care unit in Kilinochchi, improvement of Mullaitivu Hospital, irrigation project in Kalmadu, irrigation projects in Miyankallukulam Kiran in Batticaloa, resettlement and rehabilitaion project in all districts, skill and capacity development in Mullaitivu, Amparai and Mannar districts, milk chilling and processing facility in Kilinochchi, construction of ice plant in Mullaitivu District, construction of ice plant in Jaffna District and rehabilitation of Pottuvil Hospital in Ampara District.