ICRC stays, UN leaves Vanni
United Nations say that it is withdrawing from LTTE held territory in northern Sri Lanka.
The UN statement issued from Colombo on Tuesday came after the Sri Lankan government ordered the withdrawal of all foreign and local aid workers from LTTE-held Vanni.
“About 70 offices from five operational UN agencies will eventually be moving out of Kilinochchi,” UN spokesman in Colombo, Gordon Weiss, told BBC Sandeshaya.
However, ICRC is not pulling out from Vanni, he said.
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