Exhaustion with war was building as casualties mounted ಮತ್ತು there appeared to be no end in sight. By mid-2000, ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು ಗುಂಪುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ estimated that more than one million ಜನತೆ in ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾ were internally displaced persons, living in camps, homeless ಮತ್ತು struggling for survival. As result, significant peace ಚಳುವಳಿ developed in late 1990s, with many ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು holding peace camps, conferences, trainings ಮತ್ತು peace meditations, ಮತ್ತು many other efforts to bridge two sides at all levels. As early as February 2000, Norway was asked to mediate by both sides, ಮತ್ತು initial international diplomatic moves began to find negotiated settlement to ಸಂಘರ್ಷ.

Hopes for peace gained ground as ಎಲ್‍ಟಿಟಿಇ declared unilateral ಕದನ ವಿರಾಮ in December 2000, but they canceled it on April 24, 2001, ಮತ್ತು launched another ಆಕ್ರಮಣ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಸರ್ಕಾರ. After securing vast area controlled by ಸೇನೆ, ಎಲ್‍ಟಿಟಿಇ further advanced northwards. This advancement of ಎಲ್‍ಟಿಟಿಇ was posing serious threat to Elephant Pass (Alimankada) ಸೇನೆ complex that housed 17,000 troops of ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾದ forces.

In ಜುಲೈ 2001 ಎಲ್‍ಟಿಟಿಇ carried out devastating ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯಾ ಧಾಳಿ on ಬಂಡಾರನಾಯಕೆ International Airport, destroying eight of ವಾಯು ದಳ's planes (2 IAI Kfirs, 1 Mil-17, 1 Mil-24, 3 K-8 trainers, 1 MiG-27) ಮತ್ತು four ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾದ Airlines planes (2 Airbus A330s, 1 A340 ಮತ್ತು 1 A320), dampening economy ಮತ್ತು causing tourism, vital foreign exchange earner for ಸರ್ಕಾರ, to plummet.

Early peace efforts
Talks ಮತ್ತು further violence
ಬಾಹ್ಯ ಕೊಂಡಿಗಳು
Fall of Kilinochchi ಮತ್ತು subsequent events