Visit to Sri Lanka

Allan Rock, the Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict on Sri Lanka, visited the country from 3 to 13 November upon the invitation of the Government.

PRESS RELEASE

Statement from the Special Advisor on Children and Armed Conflict (13 November 2006)

UN RADIO

UN Special Advisor Allan Rock Says Both Sides in Conflict in Sri Lanka Are Recruiting Child Soldiers (17 November 2006)

UN NEWS

• UN adviser visits Sri Lanka to ensure children are better protected from conflict (6 November 2006)

• UN official calls on all sides to protect civilians after deadly army shelling (9 Novemeber 2006)

• UN adviser finds Sri Lanka's children ‘at risk from all sides' in the bloody conflict (14 November 2006)

USEFUL LINKS

• UNICEF Sri Lanka page