Reports

The United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, says Indonesian President BJ Habibie has voiced support for a process to investigate human rights abuses in East Timor. In a statement issued after a meeting with the President, Ms Robinson…

Aid groups say they are ready to to begin delivering food and medical supplies to East Timor, once troops are sent in. World Vision's Dan Kelly says a ship is already in Indonesian waters, ready to unload rice if security is…

Indonesia's President BJ Habibie has caved in to international pressure and agreed to accept an international peacekeeping force for East Timor. The decision comes after a week of international pressure. President Habibie said the force would be welcomed into the province immediately,…

Violence and anarchy continues in East Timor/Indonesia East Timor/Indonesia -- Pro-Indonesia militia violence in the wake of the East Timor vote for independence (August 30), continues, with new outbreaks being reported. Conceding that the Indonesian military can not quell the violence,…

A United Nations special envoy has determined that "widespread and systematic" violations of human rights against women in Afghanistan remain an official policy in Taliban-controlled areas. According to Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN Special Rapporteur for Violence against Women, the Taliban's…

(New York, September 12, 1999) -- Human Rights Watch welcomed Indonesian President Habibie's announcement on Sunday that he was accepting the United Nations' offer of an multinational peacekeeping force for East Timor. It warned, however, that the period between the…

ICRC Dili - September 11,1999 - Separated family members are coming to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in their hundreds desperate to make contact again with their relatives. Ref. TP-N- 00033-12 Many families were torn apart with the…

Prepared by: UNDP/MARD - DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT, VIE/97/002 1. Summary of Current Disaster Conditions in Vietnam 1. Flood Damage Potential: HIGH in Mekong River Delta. 2. Situation Analysis of Floods on the rivers in the North, the Centre, and the South…

Press Contact: Shanta Bryant, 202-667-8227 x127 NGO Contacts: James Bishop, Director of Humanitarian Response, 202-667-8227, x104 Stephen Hricik, Senior Program Associate, x106 The following InterAction member information is directly provided by each agency and is updated on a regular basis. Additional details of…

Press Release SG/SM/7127 - SC/6725 - 19990911 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the Security Council on the situation in East Timor, which he delivered on 11 September: A week ago in this chamber I informed the Council…