UNICEF disowns vehicles found with its logo - Mullaittivu
UNICEF in a press release yesterday (Jan 29) said that
the Toyota double cab found by the Sri Lanka army in Mullaittivu with
UNICEF logo on it , did not belong to the organization.
The press release further said that UNICEF has no
double cabs in its fleet and therefore, the Army website had erroneously
claimed the vehicle belonged to UNICEF
Sri Lanka Army on Wednesday (Jan 28) said that the
soldiers had found number of vehicles used by the LTTE terrorists
including above mentioned double cab from the Visuamadu area.
The press release in full
Vehicle recovered from LTTE does not belong to
UNICEF
29 Jan 2009, Colombo - UNICEF today said that "a
Toyota double cab" which the Army says it has seized from the LTTE does
not belong to UNICEF.
An Army website had erroneously claimed the vehicle
belonged to UNICEF.
UNICEF does not have any double cabs in its fleet.
However in the past years UNICEF has donated a large number of this type
of vehicle to Government partners such as the Ministry of Healthcare and
Nutrition, Ministry of Education, National Water Supply and Drainage
Board and the Ministry of Social Services and Social Welfare to support
their activities.
UNICEF said it is extremely regrettable that this
donated vehicle might have been illegally taken away from a partner
implementing programmes for women and children. |
