Menik Farm camp houses some 200,000 people
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spent Saturday in Sri Lanka pressing for political reconciliation and full humanitarian access for displaced people in camps, following Colombo's declaration of victory over Tamil Tigers rebels.
The Menik Farm camp in northern Sri Lanka has a distinctly military air for a place which is housing more than 200,000 people displaced by the fighting.
As Mr Ban arrived amid a cloud of dust generated by his helicopter to see for himself the conditions in which people are living, there was an official welcome. Next came a presentation by Sri Lankan officials, about how well run the camp is.
It was a very sobering visit, very sad and very moving
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Some of the patients in a makeshift hospital were clearly malnourished
Mr Ban was flown over the area where the rebels made their last stand