Reports

SAG/58 - 19990928 ROME, 28 September (FAO) -- Since the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Special Alert on East Timor earlier this month, the deployment of United Nations peace enforcement forces has brought uneasy calm to Dili, the capital, but…

MSF is preparing for increased refugee needs in East Timor as well as working in camps in West Timor for the refugees. The outlying islands have also been part of MSF concern as many IDPs have found shelter off…

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Ross Mountain, has advised relief agencies to make every effort to launch operations in Baucau, which as mentioned yesterday, will be the distribution centre for the eastern part of the island. Mr. Mountain will travel…

Both East and West Timor continue to present grave problems for the people of East Timor, displaced by violence beginning 5 September following free elections overwhelmingly approving independence for East Timor. Though UNICEF was also forced to evacuate East Timor in…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Overview Following an overwhelming UN-supported vote for independence from Indonesia on August 30, pro-integrationist militias in East Timor rampaged and plundered through…

"The urgent plight of these people must concern us all." by Julia Taft, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration The humanitarian crisis in Timor has produced an outpouring of concern worldwide for the well-being of Timorese, approximately 140,000 of…

Australian Volunteers International has announced today that it has established a register of skilled Australians willing to assist in the rehabilitation of East Timor. CEO Bill Armstrong said the register is a response to a large number of unsolicited calls…

An Oxfam International/Community Aid Abroad team returns to Dili on Wednesday September 29 1999 to restart its emergency relief operation suspended during the worst of the post ballot violence. The Oxfam team - lead by Peter Chamberlain, Emergency Programme Coordinator,…

FRAGILE SECURITY SITUATION IMPEDES URGENTLY NEEDED HUMANITARIAN AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS IN EAST TIMOR Since the FAO Special Alert on East Timor earlier this month, the deployment of United Nations peace enforcement forces has brought uneasy calm to Dili, the…

AT A GLANCE East Timor still tense despite signs of normalisation. Aid operation in East Timor gathers momentum. UNHCR team visits West Timor. EAST TIMOR East Timor's capital Dili has been slowly returning to normal with more street activity and more people trickling back to…