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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 - 5.02 GMT |
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Government to keep 5000 mt buffer stock in
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The government has committed itself to
sending a convoy of trucks into uncleared
areas of the Vanni every week until the
target of 5,000 metric tones of supplies,
which represents roughly two to three months
buffer stocks, is met. This is to ensure
uninterrupted supplies in the districts of
Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu. At the moment,
our priority is to ensure food supply. Other
non-food items will also be sent in the
ensuing weeks. All this is in addition to
the 15-20 trucks sent per-day, which
transport consumer goods and supplies to the
Wanni, including food items, animal feed,
fertilizer and kerosene.
This was stated by Disaster Management and
Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe
addressing the Executive Committee of the
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees today at the UN Headquarters in
Geneva on October 7.
“The government has put in place contingency
plans, which includes maintaining stocks of
emergency food supplies, to assist those in
need, wherever they may be located,” added
the Minister.
He also said that nearly 95 per cent of the
180, 000 IDPs in the East, amounting to
nearly 172,000 persons have been resettled,
in line with international standards, to
their original places of residence.
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