The Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal was a Sri Lankan campaign medal for action during Eelam War IV, presented to:

• The Minister of Defence, the Deputy Minister of Defence, the Defence Secretary, Service Commanders and the Inspector General of Police, by virtue of their appointments,
• All service personnel on active service during the period covering 28 July 2006 - 10 July 2007 and had been formally recommended by their service commanders,
• All police personnel who served in the Eastern theatre of operations during the specified period and formally recommended by the Inspector General of Police,
• Civilians employed by the armed services who served in the Eastern theatre during the specified period and formally recommended by the relevant authority, and
• Civilian medical staff employed by the armed services who were physically present in the Eastern theatre for a minimum period of seven days during the specified period and had been formally recommended by the relevant authority.

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Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal
Type	Campaign medal
Awarded for	Involvement in operations on the Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by	Sri Lanka
Eligibility	All ranks of the regular and volunteer forces of the Military of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Police, and civilians
Campaign(s)	Eelam War IV
Clasps	One
Status	No longer awarded
Established	2010
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Precedence
Next (higher)	Sewa Padakkama
Next (lower)	Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal

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A clasp was awarded to:

• The Minister of Defence, the Deputy Minister of Defence, the Defence Secretary, Service Commanders and the Inspector General of Police, by virtue of their appointments,
• All service personnel that took part in combat, fire support, logistics, medical services, planning, direction or other related activities during the military actions in the Eastern theatre for a minimum of 30 days during the period specified. The 30-day minimum was waived for Army, Navy and Air Force personnel that sustained casualties during the 30-day period, and
• Air Force and Navy personnel not physically present in the Eastern theatre (restricted to combat or logistics-related activities, with a service period decided on by their service commanders).

The clasp is denoted by a silver color disk on the ribbon bar.

• Northern Humanitarian Operations Medal