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"Co-ordinated response critical"

V.S. Sambandan

COLOMBO: The Executive Director of the UNICEF, Ann M. Veneman, on Saturday said "co-ordinated response is critical" for Sri Lanka's post-tsunami reconstruction efforts. Ms. Veneman, who concluded a three-day visit to the island-nation, observed that though "rebuilding has begun" there was "still a long way to go." Moreover, as "there are so many resources, it is important that there should be a co-ordinated response." On her meetings with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapakse, and the political wing leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, S.P. Tamilselvan, Ms. Veneman said: "we talked about the importance of the joint mechanism." During her meeting with Mr. Tamilselvan in Kilinochchi on Saturday, she also discussed with the rebels the issue of child soldiers.

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