Reports

Information dated: October 7 to 16, 1999 East Timor There are 45 expats based in Dili, Baucau, Vinqueque and Darwin. Mobile teams are operational from Dili and Baucau. MSF returned to Dili (pop: 60,000), after being evicted froim the country, on…

Information dated: October 7 to 16, 1999 West Timor In West Timor, there are nine expats based in Kupang, Kefa and Atambua. Estimations are of between 180,000 and 270,000 displaced East Timorese currently in West Timor. Security problems within the country as…

Relief and development agency CARE International UK will receive =A3100,000 for its work in East Timor from the UK government's Department for International Development (DFID). The money will be used to help people returning to the region plant essential…

At a glance The flow of returnees stopped Agencies brace for a large influx First return from Kupang to Dili by sea East Timor The flow of East Timorese across the border from West Timor stopped abruptly late Wednesday and UN-HCR staff on the…

General: New developments are expected in Indonesia with the proclamation of President Gus Dur Abdulrahman Wahid yesterday and the election of Vice-President Ms. Megawati Soekarnoputri today. Security: INTERFET reported an incident involving some 30 militia, west of Suai, in the border…

Geneva-New York The first organized sea return from Kupang (West Timor) to Dili (East Timor) will take place on 21 October 1999. Some 1,600 East Timorese will board an IOM-chartered ship for the twelve-hour journey home. Once processed by the…

The Indonesian Parliament yesterday endorsed East Timor's independence vote and elected Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) as President. It is expected that the Vice President will be elected today. The Indonesian Task Force are continuing their preparations for withdrawal. Interfet troops have…

Je vous rappelle enfin qu'hier, nous avons démenti fermement les allégations faisant état de livraisons d'armes par la France au commandant Massoud. A cette occasion, j'ai rappelé qu'en raison de la crise humanitaire provoquée par l'offensive des Taliban dans la région…

Information dated: October 7 to 16, 1999 Medical Dili Stadium Clinic Dates Oct 11-16 Oct 4-9 Sept 27 to Oct 2 Suspected malaria 149 106 95 Diarrhea/dysentery 52 44 47 Wounds 43 18 40 Skin Infections 18 10 10 RTI 143 40 57 Total New Cases 654 447 637 TB has increased from two cases to 19. A measles vaccination campaign is scheduled for…

ATLANTA (October 21, 1999) - Working in the East Timor regions of Dili, Manatutu, Ainaro and Los Palos, CARE is surveying the nutritional needs of displaced people and providing shelter materials and technical assistance to nearly 11,000 families to…