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(there was no update for week 43) No change in access Counties accessible: 163 No access: 49 Total counties: 211 Hazel Smith has begun a one month consultancy undertake a gender analysis of WFP DPRK operations. PROGRAMME Following reports from Emergency…

THE SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR Repatriation of East Timorese from West Timor continues, however the flow of returnees is intermittent, depending on the degree of harassment and intimidation by the militia. After 43 days, 85,000 East Timorese have returned to…

The United Nations expert panel which will investigate human rights violations in East Timor has arrived in the capital Dili, a UN spokesman announced today. Before arriving from Darwin, Australia, yesterday, the five-member international commission of inquiry met with the former…

Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press Release 26 November 1999 Unofficial translation The Government decided today to contribute ten civil police officers and two military observers to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). They will serve during the period to 31…

Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 26 November 1999--"The mine museum in Zendajan, Herat Province, Afghanistan, was the most dangerous museum in the world," Mr. Peter Le Soeur said at…

SG/SM/7236 AFG/111 The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 26 November: The Secretary-General notes the conclusion of the meeting of the organizing committee for an emergency Loya Jirga, or Grand Assembly, which was held in…

IP/99/902 Brussels, 26 November 1999 Poul Nielson, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, heads a mission November 28-December 3 to assess needs in East and West Timor, and to meet the authorities in Indonesia. Mr Nielson's mission will visit…

General: In continuing preparations to address the accelerated returns from West Timor following the 22 November meeting, the Integrated Operations Cell (IOC) will refine existing contingency plans, incorporating new information from teams in the field. Members of the IOC will…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

By Joanne Collins DILI, East Timor, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights team to investigate atrocities in East Timor arrived in Dili on Thursday, and immediately accused Jakarta of deliberately hampering its work. Sonia Picado, one of its five…