Reports

HIGHLIGHTS Angola. The war in Angola continues to create acute humanitarian needs. The funding situation has improved and access by road has sporadically been possible, thus some humanitarian assistance is being delivered. High prevalences of malnutrition among…

Christian Children's Fund is providing humanitarian relief to thousands of refugees left homeless by the current outbreak of violence in East Timor. As ten of thousands are fleeing their homes, the need for food, medical supplies and shelter is…

World Vision is stepping up the distribution of food and other relief items in Dili and surrounds and today will focus on the growing number of displaced people returning from the hills and seeking refuge in Dili stadium. World Vision…

LISBON (Reuters) - Seven church workers including two nuns and a priest have been killed by Indonesian troops in the eastern part of East Timor, Portuguese media reported Monday. Portugal's Lusa news agency, in a report from the territory's capital…

EAST TIMOR -- As peacekeeping forces begin to restore order in East Timor, food and other humanitarian assistance is beginning to make its way in. "Your support to us is very important," says Rev. Arlindo Marcal, Moderator of the Christian…

Security for humanitarian aid workers remains a problem in East Timor. Seven church workers, including two nuns, have been killed on the road between Baucau and Los Palos. MSF has been aware that the current situation has limited security and…

Human Rights Watch today urged the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to vote for the creation of an international commission of inquiry into possible crimes against humanity in East Timor. But the group warned that the effectiveness and…

(adopted at its fourth special session) The Commission on Human Rights, Meeting in special session, Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Convention…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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 several cities and…