Regaining Sri Lanka, RSL, Sri Lanka, UNF
In Regaining Sri Lanka on April 19, 2008 at 4:39 pm
The Regaining Sri Lanka Framework was proposed by the United National Front Government in 2003 as a means through which economic development in some key sectors could augment the nascent peace process at the time.
As the PM at the time, Ranil Wickremesinghe noted:
Economic re-construction and development, particularly of the areas devastated by war will be a deciding factor in sustaining the momentum of political negotiations. Development is part of the healing process in a wounded, divided society. Development is underpinning peace in Sri Lanka. Peace will sustain development. The two processes of peace and development have become inextricably inter-twined and inter-related.
They form the core of our vision of ‘Regaining Sri Lanka’ which provides the foundation for the restoration of growth and development of the economy.
The link to the website no longer works and there’s no complete record of the RSL documents I could easily find on the web – unsurprisingly, not even on the SCOPP website.
This archive contains ALL the sections of the Regaining Sri Lanka framework and also contains an earlier draft of the framework that wasn’t at the time made public.
Download the file from here.
Disaster Management, Disaster response, Sri Lanka, Tsunami
In Tsunami on April 17, 2008 at 7:57 am
This archive contains a large collection of files from the response to the 2004 Boxing Day Asian Tsunami. Files on Sri Lanka include:
- Tsunami Evaluation Committee Synthesis Report – July 2006
- Very large collection of photos and video from the worst hit areas in Sri Lanka
- High resolution satellite imagery of the affected areas
- A large collection of aid appeals, UN, Government and NGO updates and press releases that went out at the time
- UN system sitreps (situation reports)
- Maps of Sri Lanka
- Several lessons identified and lessons learnt reports and studies from local and international agencies
More generally, the archive also contains:
- Large collection of high resolution satellite imagery of Banda Aceh (tsunami affected areas)
- Casualty figures by country
- Videos from some of the other countries hit by the tsunami
Click
here to get the file.
Warning: This is a large file. At 483Mb, you will need a broadband connection to download this.
Attorney General, COI, IIGEP
In IIGEP on April 15, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Download the IIGEP website archive here, containing their final statement and the responses by the Commission of Inquiry and the Attorney-General’s Dept. to the same.
The COI website archives can be accessed from here.
Earlier archives of the IIGEP can be accessed here.
UPDATED – 5th May 2008
The letter sent by Justice Bhagwati to the President on 26th April 2008 can be download here.
Jayantha Dhanapala, SCOPP, UN
In Jayantha Dhanapala on April 14, 2008 at 8:58 am
From June 2004 to Jayantha Dhanapala was Secretary General Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) in Sri Lanka, at a time when the institution was qualitatively different to what it is today. Jayantha was also Senior Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka until January 2008.
As noted on Jayantha’s website, it was originally constructed to provide accurate and up-to-date background information on Jayantha Dhanapala during the period when he was Sri Lanka’s Candidate for the post of UN Secretary-General. Since the conclusion of the election of the UN Secretary-General it was considered useful to provide students of international affairs and the general public with the views and values of Jayantha Dhanapala in view of his continuing role in national and international affairs.
I have personally found the website to host some of the best writing on Sri Lanka and international affairs by a Sri Lankan. Fearful that it would suddenly cease to exist, I decided to archive it. Download the archive file here.
By the way, I have also archived the SCOPP website. See here.
LTTE, LTTE Peace Secretariat
In LTTE Peace Secretariat on April 11, 2008 at 10:34 am
An archive of the LTTE Peace Secretariat which at the time of writing was online here. Given the Government’s investigations into the TNA and the nearly year long block on Tamilnet, it may be the case that the LTTE Peace Secretariat website is rendered inaccessible from Sri Lanka in the near future.
This archive contains, along with other content:
- Prabhakaran’s Heroes Day speeches from 1992
- All the news archives, press releases from 2003 including attached PDFs, photos and videos
- The statements issued by the Royal Norwegian Government at the end of the 6 rounds of peace talks between the Government and the LTTE
- Proposals put forward by the LTTE for an Interim Self Governing Authority
- Historical documents such as the Thimpu Declaration
- Photos from 2002 on events that took place during the CFA
Download the LTTE Peace Secretariat archive from here (173.7Mb – broadband connection highly recommended). On unzipped, click on any file beginning with index to get started (e.g. index-56.html).
Please also see the Government Peace Secretariat’s (SCOPP) archive here.
Human Rights, InfoShare, Sri Lanka
In InfoShare on April 10, 2008 at 9:52 am
A shift in work priorities for me relegated the InfoShare Research Blog to the back-burner. Posts on the blog link to content that’s still relevant today, perhaps even more so than when they were first published and includes:
- Links to free human rights training modules and information
- Educational podcasts on peace, governance and human rights
- Tips on using websites more effectively for research
- Links and tips on important reports, articles and publications
- Links to websites and web initiatives on reconciliation, gender and conflict transformation
- Links to negotiation simulations on Sri Lanka and lessons identified and learnt
Download the archive of the website
here.
Census and Statistics, Fiction, GoSL
In Dept. of Census and Statistics on April 5, 2008 at 8:10 am
The Department of Census and Statistics in Sri Lanka is a treasure trove of fiction, sorry statistics. This archive gives offline access to all the data on the site, including:
- Population
- Labour Force
- Agriculture
- Education
- Trade
- Social Conditions
- Prices
- National Accounts
- Income and Expenditure
- Poverty Indicators
- MDG Indicators
The archive also contains the comprehensive information on the damage caused by the December 2004 tsunami and the statistical abstract for 2007.
Click here to download the archive (116.4Mb).
Note that the site seems to have been done on Microsoft FrontPage 6.0 (gasp!) so though the fancy graphics and menus don’t load, the text links to all the content work just fine.
Cost of War, Strategic Foresight Group
In Cost of War on April 3, 2008 at 6:21 am
The Cost of Conflict Sri Lanka report by the Strategic Foresight Group details the human, political and economic costs of war. This archive gives full access to the report which is very hard to find on the web.Click here to download it. Important note – click on the contents.htm file to begin browsing the report.
Government Peace Secretariat, Government War Secretariat, SCOPP
In SCOPP on April 2, 2008 at 10:17 pm
The SCOPP website is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil, though I’ve only archived the English version. Click here to download the archive containing all documents published in English on the website to date.
Centre for Policy Alternatives, CPA
In CPA on April 2, 2008 at 12:34 am
All of CPA’s work and research output from 1997 to date that is on their site is archived. Click here to download.
Berghof, Berghof Foundation, BF, RNCST
In Berghof Foundation on April 1, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Download an archive of the Berghof Foundation website from here.
