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EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-08601 Several months after the terrible violence that accompanied East Timor's vote to separate from Indonesia, conditions are beginning to improve in the new island nation. But progress will be slow so long as large numbers of East Timorese…

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FRED ECKHARD SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today that a large number of Timorese refugees are leaving camps in West Timor's…

There is an urgent need to facilitate the voluntary return of an estimated 120,000 East Timorese displaced in West Timor to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return…

Investigators in East Timor will tomorrow start exhuming at least 11 bodies believed to be victims of an April massacre at the home of an independence leader. It will be the first confirmed recovery of bodies from the attack on…

General: Since the last report, there have been two labour disputes involving IOM and WFP. Both disputes evolved from disagreements over salaries and worker benefits. The IOM strike took place this afternoon and ended with the intervention of CIVPOL and…

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FRED ECKHARD SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK At midnight this Wednesday, the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) will hand over to the newly-created Civil Judiciary of East Timor 36 cases of people…

E/CN.4/2000/33 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 9 of the provisional agenda QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD Report on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan submitted by Mr.…

Note: The Dili-based Yayasan HAK (Human Rights Foundation) is the main East Timorese human rights organization (A note on the conduct of international NGOs and UN institutions in post-referendum Timor Lorosa'e) "Here there is no luxurious house, bar to drink beer, discotheque,…

I. General / Security Security in East Timor remains good, although, the Chief Security Officer has asked all UN staff in Dili to take "sensible precautions to ensure the safety of themselves and their belongings" due to a noted…

The number of refugees returning to East Timor from West Timor has slowed to a few hundred a day at some border crossings in comparison to the thousands crossing daily in recent months. At Salelei near the East Timorese…