Reports

Return by sea from West Timor to East Timor Returns by sea from West Timor to East Timor are gathering momentum. Since the first return movement on 21 October, IOM chartered "KM Lambelu" has returned 5,955 East Timorese from Kupang (West…

INTERFET forces have now established a presence throughout the entire United Nations mandated area. Security operations are ongoing, particularly in the Western regions of East Timor. INTERFET continues to provide security for Mr Xanana Gusmao while he is in Dili. INTERFET…

INTERFET continues to maintain a presence throughout the entire mandated area of East Timor. INTERFET forces continue their security operations, particularly in the Ambeno/Ocussi enclave and western areas. The prepositioning of stores to support the Ocussi activity has been completed. With…

With the successful landing at Ambeno yesterday and lodgement of troops in the Enclave, INTERFET has now established a presence throughout the entire mandated area. This was accomplished one month after the first INTERFET elements landed in Dili. Yesterday's operation…

Bonn, 22 October 1999 -- Eight medical officers and 55 civil affairs and administrative officers recruited by the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) are currently being redeployed to East Timor following the territory's popular consultation ballot on 30 August.…

A gesture of respect and appreciation from a small village in East Timor to a visiting MSF team sheds light on why MSF involvement can be as meaningful for our volunteers as for the people we assist. Sukumar R…

Ministère de la Défense - Délégation à l'Information et à la COmmunication de la Défense Paris, le 22 octobre 1999 - ETAT-MAJOR DES ARMEES Au Timor oriental, le transport de chaland de débarquement (TCD) Siroco intégré au dispositif français…

Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 Date: October 22, 1999 JAKARTA, INDONESIA--As the rainy season threatens the lives of displaced Timorese living in low lying makeshift camps in West Timor, the Adventist Development and…

Press Release GA/AB/3318 Two draft resolutions, on the operation of the Development Account and on the financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), were approved this morning, by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary). The General Assembly…

General: East Timorese separatist leader Xanana Gusmao returned to Dili yesterday night, and appeared in public for the first time in Dili today. He will give a press conference tomorrow morning, followed by a brief address to UNAMET staff.…