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UN chief to visit Sri Lanka
UN HUMANITARIAN chief John Holmes is to pay a three-day visit to strife-torn Sri Lanka later this week to review the humanitarian situation, the world body said on Wednesday.
UN deputy spokesman Marie Okabe confirmed an announcement from Colombo that the UN emergency relief coordinator was due in Sri Lanka on Thursday at the invitation of the Sri Lankan government.
She told a press briefing that Holmes planned to discuss the humanitarian situation arising from the government military offensive against Tamil rebels with representatives of the government, UN member states, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations.AFP
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