WikiLeaks: Govt. Restricted Blood Bags, ICRC Stopped Counting Dead Children Because No Blood Available – ICRC To US Mission To UN

November 6, 2013

“De Maio was more critical of the GSL’s restrictions on humanitarian access and relief during the conflict. There was no good reason not to let certain types of materials, such as blood bags, be delivered to Vanni during the conflict, where ICRC was treating victims.” the US Mission to UN informed Washington.

The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The “Confidential” cable discuses what had happened on the ground during and since the conflict. The cable was signed by the US Ambassador to Geneva Clint Williamson on July 15, 2009.

After a meeting with Jacque de Maio, ICRC Head of Operations for South Asia on July 9, 2009, just two months after the war,the Ambassador wrote; “ He had stopped counting the number of children who died because no blood was available, for example.”

Other related stories to this cable;

WikiLeaks: It’s Not Genocide, Army Could Have Won The Battle With Higher Civilian And Less Army Casualties – ICRC To US Mission To UN

WikiLeaks: LTTE Stored Weapons At Hospitals – ICRC To US Mission To UN

No Fire Zone – Full Documentary – Channel 4 ‘No Fire Zone’

Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields- the story of the 138-day-long final offensive in Sri Lanka’s civil war. Broadcast November 3rd 2013
Copyrights: Channel 4

Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields- the story of the 138-day-long final offensive in Sri Lanka’s civil war. Broadcast November 3rd 2013
Copyrights: Channel 4

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