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• AlertNet - Sri Lanka
• Amnesty International - Sri Lanka
• Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
• Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Sri Lanka
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Sri Lanka
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Sri Lanka
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Sri Lanka
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Sri Lanka
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Sri Lanka
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Sri Lanka
• National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (NPC)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Sri Lanka
• Peace and Conflict Timeline (PACT)
• ReliefWeb - Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence: Media Centre for National Security (MCNS)
• UNHCR - Sri Lanka
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Sri Lanka
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Sri Lanka
• United States Department of State - Sri Lanka
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Sri Lanka
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Sri Lanka