{"id":114506,"date":"2013-11-11T02:26:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=114506"},"modified":"2013-11-16T04:09:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T22:39:54","slug":"wikileaks-key-concerns-in-screening-centers-family-separation-and-sexual-violence-unhcr-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-key-concerns-in-screening-centers-family-separation-and-sexual-violence-unhcr-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: Key Concerns In Screening Centers, Family Separation And Sexual Violence &#8211; UNHCR To US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Pascale Moreau, UNHCR,s Acting Director for Asia, stressed that UNHCR had no one on the ground in the areas of conflict and has not been allowed full access to interview IDPs, so it has no primary source information on what happened during the conflict. Her discussion with Amb. Williamson focused more on the current status of IDP camps and the expectations for the return home or relocation of the civilians there. On screening, Moreau said that UNHCR had recently gotten access to the Omanthai crossing point, where it was allowed to oversee the general process, but did not have direct access to the individuals.&#8221;\u00a0the US Mission to UN informed Washington.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114511\" style=\"width: 127px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pascale-Moreau-UNHCR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114511\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114511\" alt=\"Pascale Moreau, UNHCR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Pascale-Moreau-UNHCR.jpg\" width=\"117\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-114511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pascale Moreau, UNHCR<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/category\/wikileaks\/\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The \u201cConfidential\u201d cable discuses\u00a0what had happened on the ground during and since the conflict.\u00a0The cable was signed by the US Ambassador to Geneva\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Clint+Williamson&amp;x=14&amp;y=8\">Clint Williamson<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on July 15, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador wrote; &#8220;Moreau stated that it was not easy to draw any conclusions, positive or negative, about Omanthai in terms of disappearances, but she stressed that this was somewhat academic in any case. Most of the IDPs have already been screened at Kilinochi, where there is no international oversight, before moving on to Omanthai. Two key humanitarian concerns for both the screening centers and the IDP camps was the extensive problem of family separation, including large numbers of children, and reports of sexual and gender-based violence. She suggested that Amb. Williamson speak with UNICEF, which has been looking into the plight of these children. On violence against women, Moreau indicated that in part this stemmed from the high incidence of separated females or female-headed households among IDPs.\u00a0When asked why the GSL was not pursuing family reunification more vigorously, Moreau stated that it is not the GSL,s highest priority just after the conflict and that such an effort is logistically very difficult. 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Restricted Blood Bags, ICRC Stopped Counting Dead Children Because No Blood Available \u2013 ICRC To US Mission To UN<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"WikiLeaks: Wrap Up ICRC Operations \u2013 Gota Sent A Straightforward Message \u2013 ICRC To US Mission To UN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-wrap-up-icrc-operations-gota-sent-a-straightforward-message-icrc-to-us-mission-to-un\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: Wrap Up ICRC Operations \u2013 Gota Sent A Straightforward Message \u2013 ICRC To US Mission To UN<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"WikiLeaks: US Had Limited Access To War Zone, Preparing War Crimes Report Is Extremely Difficult \u2013 US Ambassador\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-us-had-limited-access-to-war-zone-preparing-war-crimes-report-is-extremely-difficult-us-ambassador\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: US Had Limited Access To War Zone, Preparing War Crimes Report Is Extremely Difficult \u2013 US Ambassador<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"WikiLeaks: Navi Pillay Faced Serious Opposition Within The UN To Her Call For International Investigation On Sri Lanka \u2013 Pillay\u2019s Deputy To US\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-navi-pillay-faced-serious-opposition-within-the-un-to-her-call-for-international-investigation-on-sri-lanka-pillays-deputy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: Navi Pillay Faced Serious Opposition Within The UN To Her Call For International Investigation On Sri Lanka \u2013 Pillay\u2019s Deputy To US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":114511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories","category-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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