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The statement, in its very title, implies that there are 300,000 persons displaced in the Wanni. This exaggerated figure is called into question by the figure of 230,000 mentioned later in the very same report as being registered for the receipt of food assistance. Indeed, the net figure of displaced persons (displaced after April 2006) for the Districts of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu is jointly estimated by UNCHR and Government agencies to be 207,000 (estimated numbers as at end-September announced in November).

The statement only refers to 3 convoys sent by the WFP which conducts these relief operations in close coordination with the Ministry of Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development. Since 02 October, the WFP has sent in 6 convoys into uncleared areas - the latest being today (21 November). The amount of food sent to the uncleared areas in a 6 to 7 week period exceeds 240 truckloads delivering 3,500 MT under this Emergency Food Delivery Programme. The AI statement, however, does not mention relief items sourced by the Government and delivered directly through the Government Agents/District Secretaries as special food relief amounting to over 700MT during this period, to complement the WFP supplies and build up buffer stocks. Neither does it mention the almost daily consignments of consumer items including food, textiles and kerosene that are dispatched for sale to consumers in uncleared areas through Government retail outlets. These supplies, over a 28 month period, which are being consigned by the Commissioner-General for Essential Services, amount to nearly 11,000 MT delivered by over 8,000 truckloads. The GA convoy that left Vavuniya today included 106,000 litres of kerosene and 126 MT of food supplies as a continuation of this initiative. The AI statement also displays its acute lack of awareness of realities in these areas by completely ignoring the supply of nearly 1,400 MT for the fourth quarter of 2008, of food supplies to Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu Districts by the Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services. These supplies are specifically targeted at IDPs in a situation of protracted displacement (i.e. those displaced before April 2006).

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