On Sri Lanka -- this is to bring you up to date from yesterday -- most of the remaining United Nations staff today were relocated away from Kilinochchi in compliance with the Government’s request.
So far, 29 staff have moved. All are now in Vavuniya, joining colleagues who had been relocated earlier last week. The number of international NGO staff who were relocated today is 13. Twenty-one UN national staff still remain in Kilinochchi. These are staff the LTTE, the acronym for the Tamil Tigers, did not give passes to, or who chose to stay with families who could not get passes to move. With the UN's continuing commitment to, and concern for, the civilians of the Vanni, senior staff are in place to mount humanitarian operations from Vavuniya.
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