Report from the so called Save Zone 24.04.2009 Local NGO report.

The current situation in the so called ‘safe zone’/’no fire zone’ is dire. A humanitarian catastrophe of unprecedented proportions is taking place and the international community, especially the UN, have delayed, procrastinated, made weak ineffectual statements and have accepted the Sri Lanka Government’s reports as ‘fact’. Of particular concern is the silence of Sri Lanka Civil Society and the international NGOs with a presence in Sri Lanka. Are they silent because they want to ‘cash in’ on the ‘post-conflict’ development and reconstruction?

The so-called ‘safe zone’ now consists of their main villages: Mullivaikal, Valiaganmadam, Vattuvahal. There are approximately 125,000 - 140,000 civilians in the area.