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2. ReliefWeb - Wikipedia

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   ReliefWeb ( RW) is a humanitarian information portal founded in 1996. As of July 2023, it hosts more than one million humanitarian situation reports, press releases, evaluations, guidelines, assessments, maps and infographics. [1] The portal is an independent source of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian ...

3. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...

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   The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters. [1] It is the successor to the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator ( UNDRO ).

4. Welfare in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Sri Lanka has a universal health care system that is free for any one using it, including both citizens and non-citizens. It is publicly funded and run by Ministry of Health. This includes both dental care and community medicine. Social security. Social security benefits are administered by the Department of Social Services.

5. Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest ...

6. Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment - Wikipedia

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   Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: 12 November 1994: D. B. Wijetunga: Alavi Moulana: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: 10 April 2004: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Labour: Athauda Seneviratne: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001: 10 April 2004: Minister of Labour, Youth Affairs and Mineral Resources Development: 10 ...

7. Environmental issues in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Sri Lanka's government aims to address these problems by implementing waste sorting systems in households, improved waste collection by municipalities and cities, composting systems and systematic treatment of hazardous waste from the industry and clinics. Overfishing. Sri Lanka is experiencing declines in fish populations due to overfishing.