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Monday, April 06, 2009 - 04.12 GMT
UN special envoy praises facilities at welfare centers
 

 
UN special envoy on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Prof. Walter Kaelin had expressed his satisfaction over present efforts by the government to provide infrastructure facilities and vocational centers at welfare villages in Vavuniya.

Specially, training facilities for the IDPs has impressed Prof. Kaelin, who visited Vavuniya on Saturday (April 4) to personally witness relief and resettlement measures for IDPs from the north, Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services sources said.

Prof. Walter Kaelin had visited the Kadirgamar welfare village, Arunachalam welfare village and other centres near Omanthai.

Meanwhile, authorities said by yesterday (April 05) the number of displaced who had sought refuge with the security forces had risen to over 65,000.
 


 
 
   
   
   
   
   

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