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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 1798386" data-attributes="member: 92282">The United Nations has urged all parties to the conflict in Sri Lanka to do everything they can to protect civilians, after a suicide attack this weekend in the capital, Colombo, claimed the lives of 15 people.In a statement issued today by the Office of the Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, the UN strongly condemned Sunday’s attack which occurred during a sporting event. Among those killed were Government Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and several well-known athletes.Sri Lanka has witnessed several attacks in the past few months, following the Government’s decision earlier this year to end the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement that halted a decades-long conflict with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).Condemning all violence and indiscriminate attacks against civilians, the UN appealed to all parties to seek a negotiated and peaceful solution to the conflict.<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26246&Cr=sri&Cr1=lanka" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26246&Cr=sri&Cr1=lanka" target="_blank">UN</a></blockquote>

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