Manik farm IDP Camp is closed; Sri Lanka reiterates its solidarity with Palestine
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  • Reportedly, the last batch of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)s were resettled in their villages on September 24. According to the news report published in Government of Sri Lanka website, over 2,000 people belonging to 617 families were living in refugee camps till 23 September. On September 24, 1,186 people belonged to 361 families left the Manik Farm IDP camp in Vavuniya. 1

    Meanwhile, the United Nations said that closure of the Menik Farm camp in Vavuniya is a ‘significant sign’ of the transition from conflict to sustainable peace in Sri Lanka, but said there are still some people who are unable to return to their homes and a solution urgently needs to be found. 2

    In another development, according to reports, at the 21st session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Sri Lanka’s permanent mission in Geneva said that Sri Lanka remains steadfast in its unequivocal support to the people and the Government of Palestine for their just struggle to achieve the right of statehood, coexisting peacefully alongside Israel. Sri Lanka urged the Government of Israel to lift the blockade placed on Gaza, within the framework of Security Council Resolution 1860, which has a devastating impact on the lives of the ordinary people of Palestine, especially the young. Sri Lanka also voiced its belief that the State of Palestine would soon be able to assume its rightful place among the community of states at the United Nations. 3

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