Survey Respondents Say Military Objectives Prioritized Over Humanitarian Ones

Report: U.S. Uses Aid to Promote Non-Humanitarian Goals - washingtonpost.com: DARA's survey is based on interviews with more than 350 humanitarian aid agencies in 11 crisis areas -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo,Nicaragua, the occupied Palestinian territories, Peru, Sri Lanka and Sudan. Sweden, Norway and Denmark were the highest performers, while France, Austria, Italy, Portugal, and Greece received the lowest marks.

Dara - HRI: "Measuring Commitment to Best Practice"

• International Rescue Committee report, Sri Lanka´s Return to War: Limiting the Damage. Information on the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka updated in February 2008.

• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) report, Civilian in the Way of Conflict: Displaced People in Sri Lanka, September 2007. - Document that provides detailed analysis of the conditions of displaced people in Sri Lanka.

• Amnesty International 2007 Report on Sri Lanka. - Information on Human Rights in Sri Lanka.