Call for more positive role from INGOs

Follows ICRC's refusal to escort civilian ferry

The Government is to call for a more positive role from International Non Government Organisations operating in the country in the interest of humanitarian requirements during the present crisis period without succumbing to the pressures of single organisation that prevents them from fulfilling their role.

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Co-Chairs should take serious note of LTTE truce breach - Defence Spokesman

The Government expressed hope that the key international stakeholders of the Peace Process would take serious note of the LTTE's blatant ceasefire violations and would be persuasive in bringing the LTTE to the table, after their crucial meeting today.

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Oil prices, poverty key issues at Commonwealth parley

Finance Ministers of 53 Commonwealth countries are here in Colombo to discuss crucial issues including rising world oil prices and poverty that affect developing countries.

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