The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday officially reopened an office in the key northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi, two years after it was destroyed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terorists.
In May last year the Government declared victory over the LTTE after defeating their forces and recapturing rebel-held territory in the far north of the island nation.
The new WFP offices, which consist of portable containers, will be expanded to include staff from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).