Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, right, looks on as U.N. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe addresses the media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Pascoe on Thursday visited displacement camps in Sri Lanka where about 280,000 ethnic Tamil civilians have been held since the island nation's civil war ended four months ago. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, right, looks on as U.N. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe addresses the media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Pascoe on Thursday visited displacement camps in Sri Lanka where about 280,000 ethnic Tamil civilians have been held since the island nation's civil war ended four months ago.

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  1. UN Humanitarian chief John Holmes speaks as Sri Lankan foreign minister Rohitha Bogollagama, right, looks on during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently resettled.

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  1. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, right, looks on as U.N. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe addresses the media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Pascoe on Thursday visited displacement camps in Sri Lanka where about 280,000 ethnic Tamil civilians have been held since the island nation's civil war ended four months ago.
  2. Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama (R) looks over to Lynn Pascoe, head of the U.N. political affairs department, during a news conference in Colombo September 17, 2009. Pascoe is visiting the country to visit the Internally Displace Peoples (IDP) camps in the north, and to talk with the government concerning the post-conflict situation in the country.
  3. Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama (L) shakes hands with Lynn Pascoe, head of the U.N. political affairs department, during a photo call before the two held talks in Colombo, September 17, 2009. Pascoe is visiting the country to visit the Internally Displace Peoples (IDP) camps in the north, and to talk with the government concerning the post-conflict situation in the country.
  4. UN Humanitarian chief John Holmes speaks as Sri Lankan foreign minister Rohitha Bogollagama, right, looks on during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently resettled.
  5. U.N. Humanitarian Chief John Holmes, left, speaks as Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama looks on during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently resettled.
  6. United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes (L) listens to a reporters question with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, during a news conference discussing Holme's visit to the north, in Colombo November 19, 2009. Holmes visited the north to see the current situation of the resettlement of the Internally Displaced People since the end of the 25-year war between the government and Tamil Tiger separatists.
  7. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (L) shakes hands with United Nations Under Secretary General of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes (R) in Colombo on November 18, 2009. The four-day visit is Holmes' fourth to the island where he visited the north to inspect resettlement efforts following displacements during the government's final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels this year.
  8. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (L) shakes hands with United Nations Under Secretary General of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes (R) in Colombo on November 18, 2009. The four-day visit is Holmes' fourth to the island where he visited the north to inspect resettlement efforts following displacements during the government's final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels this year.
  9. United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes (R) speaks with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama during a news conference discussing the situation of Internally Displaced People in the north, in Colombo, November 11, 2009. Holmes is in Sri Lanka to visit the north and see the current situation of the resettlement of the Internally Displaced People since the end of the 25-year war between the government and Tamil Tiger separatists.
  10. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama shakes hands with South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Colombo on November 11, 2009. Nkoana-Mashabane is on an official visit to Sri Lanka.
  11. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama shakes hands with South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Colombo on November 11, 2009. Nkoana-Mashabane is on an official visit to Sri Lanka.
  12. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama shakes hands with South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Colombo on November 11, 2009. Nkoana-Mashabane is on an official visit to Sri Lanka.
  13. South Africa's Foreign Affairs Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (R) looks at the media as she shakes hands with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, during a news conference discussing bilateral relations, in Colombo, November 11, 2009.
  14. Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a meeting in Colombo November 9, 2009. Australia on Sunday urged Sri Lanka, having defeated the Tamil Tigers in May, to now embrace political reform and reconciliation to stem the flow of asylum seekers leaving the country. Smith met his Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha Bogollagama in Colombo on Monday amid a standoff in Indonesia involving 78 Tamil asylum seekers, who are refusing to leave an Australian vessel that rescued them last month.
  15. Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Colombo, November 9, 2009. The MOU was for continued legal corporation on the issue of the smuggling of migrants and other related activities between Australia and Sri Lanka.
  16. Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith looks at his notes as he prepares to take reporters' questions at a news conference in Colombo November 9, 2009. Smith and Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama signed a Memorandum of Understanding for continued legal corporation on the issue of the smuggling of migrants and other related activities between Australia and Sri Lanka.

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