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CFA enters into 2543 days today. |
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 Europe which has a total population of 800 million is made up of 45 language based nation states. South Asia which has a total population of one billion, (1000 million) is comprised of four states. Who is preventing and therefore benefiting by limiting new nation-states in South Asia?
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| December HR Release |
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Principals Association explains the Vallipunam school camp to UNICEFPrincipals Associations for Mullaitivu and Kandavalai (Kilinochchi) areas met UNICEF representative for Kilinochchi, Ms Penny Brune, in Kilinochchi on 19 August, and handed over a letter explaining their Associations’ role in the organization of the Vallipunam school camp that was bombed by GoSL air force on 14 August killing 51 students and 4 staff. The letter handed to UNICEF in full is as follows:
Mullaitivu Principals Association Kandavalai Principals Association 16 August 2006 To: Subject: Aerial bombing of the Vallipunam school camp on 14 August 2006 Our two associations strongly condemn the attack by the Sri Lankan air force fighter jets on more than 500 Advanced Level (A/L) female students who were taking part in a residential school camp in Vallipunam. The camp was intended to teach first aid and other disaster management skills. Realizing the urgent need for such training in view of the war situation and acceding to the request from many school development boards in our areas and also listening to the wishes of the students, we, together with several other organizations, co-ordinated the Vallipunam residential school camp as a pilot project. We obtained funding from CWDR and support from the Kilinochchi St John’s Ambulance to draw up the program and to provide trainers. Staff and trainers for the school camp were brought together by our associations. We drew up the ten-day program and time schedule. We chose the former Senchcholai complex as a suitable quiet and central location. We started the course on 11 August 2006. The residential course progressed to its fourth day, when on 14 August at 7:00am the students were getting ready for the day’s program when four Sri Lankan government Kfir jets started showering the area with bombs. Many were killed and injured. When we arrived at the camp location, what we saw was hard to describe. We carried out all the necessary arrangements to transport the injured to the hospitals with help of neighbors in the area. This is not the first time the Sri Lankan armed forces have carried out attacks on Tamil students. The Sri Lankan government has recently increased the tempo of attack on Tamil educational institutions. We hope the international community will not continue to be just an observer when tragedies like the Vallipunam school camp attack are carried out. Your organization with focus on child rights and child development must take immediate steps to stop all attacks by the Sri Lankan armed forces on Tamil educational institutions and Tamil students. We appeal to you to ensure that our students will be able to have a decent learning environment without having to face such dangers. Thank you. Signed Mr E Selvanayagam
Signed Mr K Mathuranayagam 19 August 2006
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