Indonesia + 1 more
A contingent of Indonesian troops has arrived in the West Timor border town of Atambua, promising to disarm all militia in the area. About 350 men from an airborne battalion will also help the United Nations repatriate tens of thousands…
Afghanistan + 6 more
Washington DC, 19 October 1999 Thank you, Jim [Wolfensohn] for those very kind words. Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great honour to be invited to give the first in your new programme of "United Nations Lectures". The World Bank has…
Indonesia + 1 more
ATLANTA (October 19, 1999) - CARE is expanding operations in West Timor to help a greater number of displaced East Timorese. Although increasing numbers of people are now moving back to East Timor by aircraft and by boat, CARE…
Indonesia + 1 more
The Salvation Army emergency service team in West Timor has fed 10,835 children, immunised thousands and provided medical care to more than 50 pregnant women during the first 10 days of service in camps for East Timorese refugees. A 13-member…
Timor-Leste
OPERATIONS UPDATE Three UN aircraft are expected to arrive at Dili today with approximately 270 returnees from West Timor. There will be a further 600 arriving by ship tomorrow night or Thursday morning and 2000 returnees are expected on Friday.…
Timor-Leste
News Release No. 93/99 The Asian Development Bank has offered to work closely with the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of East Timor. In a recent letter to the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan…
Indonesia + 1 more
Timor Oriental Dans la ville de Dili, notre équipe assure la prise en charge médicale et sanitaire des populations déplacées regroupées dans le stade. Les populations rapatriées depuis Timor-ouest peuvent y bénéficier d'un contrôle médical. Des volontaires travaillent aussi dans les villes…
Indonesia + 1 more
Troops with the multinational force in East Timor (INTERFET) have found 20 bodies in the town of Liquica, the largest such discovery since their arrival last month, a United Nations spokesman in New York said today. The area has been…
Indonesia + 1 more
Thousands of people have poured across the border between West and East Timor today, in a first large-scale spontaneous return to East Timor. They are arriving in the border town of Maliana and its surroundings at a pace of…
Bangladesh
DHAKA (Oct. 19) XINHUA - The Bangladeshi people heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday when the sun appeared in the sky after incessant rains on Monday paralyzed normal life across the country. Heavy rainfall was recorded almost in every…
