UN Says Convoy Will Evacuate Critically Injured From Sri Lanka's North
Colombo, 28 January 2009:
The United Nations in Sri Lanka says that it will attempt for the second time in three days to help evacuate by convoy hundreds of critically wounded civilians from the war torn north of the country, including at least 50 seriously injured children. The convoy has been trapped for days in the town of Puthukkudiyiruppu, which lies just across the lines of confrontation in Tamil Tiger-controlled territory. The UN says that if permission is granted by the LTTE, and if a lull in fighting permits, the convoy will cross the frontline at midday Thursday. The injured will then be transported to Ministry of Health hospitals in Vavuniya that can cope with their wounds.
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付記；スリランカ北部の戦場から、国連チームが、少なくとも大怪我をした市民や子供を病院へ連れ出そうとするのだけれど、そこに行くまでと連れ出す最中の安全が保障されていない。
クリスマス前後に起こったガザ地区空爆のように大国同士の思惑が絡んでいない（つまり、あまり興味がない）ので、世界的には注目されてなかったが、今週になって国連事務総長の潘氏が声明を出すなど、事態はいい方向には向かっていない。
Colombo, 28 January 2009:
The United Nations in Sri Lanka says that it will attempt for the second time in three days to help evacuate by convoy hundreds of critically wounded civilians from the war torn north of the country, including at least 50 seriously injured children. The convoy has been trapped for days in the town of Puthukkudiyiruppu, which lies just across the lines of confrontation in Tamil Tiger-controlled territory. The UN says that if permission is granted by the LTTE, and if a lull in fighting permits, the convoy will cross the frontline at midday Thursday. The injured will then be transported to Ministry of Health hospitals in Vavuniya that can cope with their wounds.
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付記；スリランカ北部の戦場から、国連チームが、少なくとも大怪我をした市民や子供を病院へ連れ出そうとするのだけれど、そこに行くまでと連れ出す最中の安全が保障されていない。
クリスマス前後に起こったガザ地区空爆のように大国同士の思惑が絡んでいない（つまり、あまり興味がない）ので、世界的には注目されてなかったが、今週になって国連事務総長の潘氏が声明を出すなど、事態はいい方向には向かっていない。