World Bank team in Kilinochchi
Mr. Peter Harrold, World Bank's Country Director in Sri Lanka visited Kilinochchi today 19th July 2004 along the team of WB officials in connection with a workshop relative to humanitarian delivery at the Planning and Development Secretariat (PDS) of the LTTE.
 Mr. Peter Harrold and his team had a separate meeting with Mr. S.P. Tamilselvan, Head of the Political Wing in the Peace Secretariat. Discussions took place on how best to remove the impediments in the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the absence of the right mechanism. Mr. Tamilselvan pointed out that the delay on the part of the government to recommence negotiation on the basis of the ISGA proposals is seriously viewed by the Tamil people who have been denied the dividends of peace for such a long time. Mr. Peter Harrold endorsed that view and said that the international donor community and the WB are conscious of the necessity for the institutionalizing of the ISGA in the context of the Tokyo declaration wherein the necessity for an interim mechanism has been emphasized as a part of the political resolution. Dr. Jay Maheswaran, Economic Advisor to the LTTE associated with Mr. Tamilselvan in the discussion.
19 July 2004
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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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