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UN Special Envoy Meets Vanni Commander

IN ORDER TO receive first hand experience on the life of civilians at the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) centres in Vavuniya, the special UN envoy Mr. Walter Kalin and Secretary General Secretariat for Coordinating of Peace Process (SCOPP) Prof. Rajiva Wijesinghe visited Vavuniya during the weekend and met the authorities and Commander, Security Forces Vanni, Major General Jagath Jayasuriya.

The UN special envoy visited the IDP centres at Menik Farm, Vavuniya Tamil Maha Vidyalaya and Omanthai IDP registration centre and spoke to a cross-section of the inmates.

Subsequent to the meeting with the District Secretary for Vavuniya at the District Secretariat, the UN envoy and his team met , Major General Jagath Jayasuriya and  received an update on security developments in the area and security provided to the IDP centres.