Sri Lanka Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information generally on conflict in Sri Lanka. For related web links, see Terrorism/Counterterrorism: Web Links, U.S. Human Rights Policy: Web Links and Regional Resources: Asia.
General Resources
The sites below collect links to other Internet resources which describe the background, history and current events in Sri Lanka.
- INCORE
guides to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity: Sri Lanka
A selective list of annotated links to news sources, articles and
documents, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), maps, general
sources, etc. from the Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity,
a joint project of the University of Ulster and the United Nations
University.
- South
Asia Terrorism Portal: Sri Lanka
This web site has information on terrorism specific to six countries
in South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri
Lanka, and an overview of the region as a whole. The Sri Lankan
entry contains a current assessment of the situation, descriptions
of terrorist groups, a timeline
of events, and several full text documents,
including speeches, statements, agreements, proposals and acts,
such as the Prevention
of Terrorism Act of 1979, among others.
- Sri Lanka: WWW virtual
Library
Sri Lanka WWW Virtual Library is a part of the South
Asia WWW Virtual Library and Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library. It contains numerous links in several
categories, including latest
news and updates, politics
and ethnic conflicts (which contains links to full-text documents)
and international
relations, Sri Lankan associations and NGOs.
 Government Agencies and International Organizations
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Sri Lanka
United Nations
- Reliefweb:
Sri Lanka: The Latest
ReliefWeb, a project
of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), has the latest news and "humanitarian response information
on current emergencies and countries of concern" in its section
on complex
emergencies. Documents and related links are organized by by
country with a map
center, site map and search capability. A related web site on
refugees and internally displaced persons is the IDP
Global Project with a web page on IDPs
in Sri Lanka.
- UNHCR: Country
of Origin and Legal Information
The web site for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) has databases for country of origin and legal information
documents and reports. Pull-down menus allow selection by country
and/or subject and a specific search engine feature is also provided.
Each country compilation includes links to country reports, legal
documents, news and maps.
- United Nations Human Rights
Website: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
The web site organizes documents into searchable databases by treaty
bodies (six monitoring commissions) and charter-based
bodies (including General Assembly and Security Council), with
ability to search by country,
mandate,
subject,
year, symbol number and body. Documents concerning Sri Lanka from
the UN special rapporteurs, working groups and commissions can be
accessed through a search by country.
United States
World Bank
- The World Bank in Sri Lanka
Web site is part of the regional focus on South Asia, one of several regions listed. It includes an overview of World Bank programs and projects in Sri Lanka, with sections on news and events, data and publications, and related web links.
Maps and Guides
- Sri
Lanka: CIA World Factbook
Country information covers the geography, people, economy, government,
and infrastructure. Includes a map.
- Sri
Lanka Maps
Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the
University of Texas at Austin. These maps, produced by the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency and other sources, include country,
city, regional and historical maps.
- Reliefweb:
Sri Lanka
Regional and thematic maps from the UN's ReliefWeb covering Sri
Lanka.
- Your Nation
An interactive database with information derived from the CIA
World Factbook, Your Nation allows the user to compare or rank
statistics for any two countries or display a statistical summary
for an individual country. Settings are customizable.
Media and News Sources
- BBC
News | South Asia | Sri Lanka: an unwinnable war?
Part of the BBC In Depth series, this article from April 27, 2000
links to other stories and profiles for background on the general
election and the conflict in Sri Lanka.
- OneWorld.Net:
Sri Lanka
Current news stories and analysis on Sri Lanka contributed by One
World partners.
- Spotlight on Sri Lanka
An Infoscope weekly newsclipping service with news from major newspapers
worldwide, as well as from Sri Lanka. The web site also includes
back issues available
from July 1996 and a daily mailing list for Sri Lankan news and
events via e-mail subscription.
- Sri Lanka News Web
Several links to Sri Lankan and international news outlets with
news on Sri Lanka, including radio, TV, newspapers and wire services,
as well as wire service news reports.
- TamilNet
Web site of current news reports, features and an archive of articles
on issues concerning the Tamil people, with stories in English and
Tamil.
- Yahoo
News: Full Coverage: Sri Lanka News
Numerous links to news sources, stories from various wire services,
reports in audio and video, and related web sites for Sri Lanka.
Selected Documents and Political Resources
- Agreement
on a ceasefire between the Government of the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Text of the ceasefire, announced by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, February 22, 2002. Part of the United States Institute
of Peace Library's Peace
Agreements Digital Collection.
- Demanding
Sacrifice: War and Negotiation in Sri Lanka
The online edition of volume 4 (August 1998) of Accord: an International
Review of Peace Initiatives from Concilation
Resources includes a chronology,
a description of key
actors in the ethnic/national crisis, analysis and selected
texts from the 1994-95 negotiations process.
- The
Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka: A Joint Statement and Call for
Action by Non-Governmental Organisations
Statement issued May 6, 2000 and one of several media
releases on Sri Lanka from the Asian
Human Rights Commission.
- Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
(JVP)
Web site of the JVP Sri Lanka, with photos, news, election information,
history, activities and a link to JVP international.
- Kathmandu
Declaration on the Use of Children as Soldiers
Statement issued by government and organization participants at
the Asia-Pacific Conference on the Use of Children as Soldiers,
held in Kathmandu, in the Kingdom of Nepal, from May 15-18, 2000.
- Political
Resources on the Net: Sri Lanka
Links to information on elections, various political parties and
organizations, news and general resources for Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
Web site of the political party, with a chronology of the party,
lists of leaders, officials, and policy statements.
- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC)
Web site of the political party, with background information, objectives,
achievements and constitution of the party.
- Tamil Eelam Home Page
Web site of the Tamil Eelam nation and the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE), with background information, news, analysis
and other media.
- United National
Party
Web site of the political party, with contact information, a manifesto
for the party, a section on elections and the People's
Alliance and related web links.
Updated: February 25 2002
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