Informes

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today launched the first major immunization campaign in East Timor since last August's referendum on independence. Twenty thousand infants are to be immunized against six childhood diseases. At a press briefing in Dili today,…

Health: East Timor's first nation-wide immunisation campaign since the 30 August 1999 ballot, was launched on 1 March by UNICEF and its partner organisations. Although medical NGOs, supported by UNICEF, have inoculated 50,000 children against measles, the launch of this…

Field situation An official of the State Civil Defense Board and State Emergency Commission (SEC) provided the following summary of the situation. The Government has rated present circumstances as the worst disaster in 30 years. Summer drought…

by Niurka Pineiro, IOM Spokesperson Timor: Some 650 East Timorese have returned in the last four days TIMOR - Over the last four days, IOM has helped some 650 displaced East Timorese to return home from West Timor. Kosovo: IOM starts…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has continued his efforts to reform and gain civilian control over the powerful Indonesian military (TNI). In January, President Wahid dismissed retired…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation The international humanitarian emergency phase has ended in East Timor. The remaining humanitarian work is focusing on reintegrating returning refugees from West Timor, responding to…

DILI, 29 FEBRUARY 2000 The Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET): Recalling Decision no.V/MPR/1999 of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia of 19 October 1999 concerning East Timor;…

Introduction Over 78 per cent of Timorese voters chose the independence option in the UN-organized ballot held on 30 August 1999. The announcement of the voting results was followed by a widespread campaign of violence and destruction by the pro-integration…

IDPs in Kabul Efforts by UN and other agencies to monitor conditions and provide support for displaced families in the region continue. Of the tens of thousands of people, who were initially forced to leave their villages and travel to…

At a GlanceSituation In 1999, internal conflict destroyed much of East Timor. Basic health services and water & sanitation systems have deteriorated. Malaria and other insect-borne diseases threaten thousands of lives. Merlin Programme Co-ordinating a task force of agencies to combat…