November 18, 2009 3:02 PM

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John Holmes met resettled ethnic Tamil civilians in S Lanka

UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator John Holmes who is on a three day visit to Sri Lanka where he met resettled ethnic Tamil civilians in Jaffna and held talks with officials. A UN press statement said that Mr. Holmes also spoke to some of the 60,000 recent returnees to Jaffna, who were happy to be out of the camps but continue to face problems, including separation from family members, and lack of means of livelihood. In addition, he met with the local government officials in Jaffna and was updated on the progress in the demining exercise to facilitate the return of IDPs to their areas of origin. <br/><br/>

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