Informes

Assistant Secretary General for UNSMA The Secretary-General has appointed Mr. Francisco Vendrell as his Personal Representative and Head of the Special Mission to Afghanistan (UNSMA), at the rank of Assistant Secretary-General. The appointment will take effect on 1 February. Mr. Vendrell…

There is a continuing need to return up to 120,000 displaced persons in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of…

SC/6784Thematic Debates Held on Children and Armed Conflict, Situation of Africa and Post-Conflict Peace-Building As the Security Council pursued its mandate of securing, establishing and maintaining global peace and security, several issues in 1999 took prominence, among…

INTERFET's Australian elements yesterday moved swiftly to protect the people of East Timor situated in the Enclave. At 1.15 pm, in the vicinity of Mahata, on the border south-west of Qecussi, a group of militia believed to number about 20,…

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2000--The World Bank has appointed Sarah F. Cliffe as the head of its country office in East Timor. The office will manage the Bank's overall lending program in the country. "Working closely with the East Timorese is a…

The UN approved today two projects totalling one million dollars for road repair and agricultural training for farmers in East Timor. At a ceremony in Dili, UN Transitional Administrator Sergio Vieira de Mello signed his approval, noting that the event marked…

Tuesday, 18 January 2000: A survey by UNICEF in the Belu District of West Timor has found that an estimated 25 per cent of refugee children under the age of five are suffering from moderate to severe malnutrition. The results…

1. BACKGROUND In March 1999 an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Indonesia reported a number of food supply difficulties due principally to the effects of earlier economic crisis in the country in 1997/1998, compounded…

General: On 15 January, while UNTAET conducted job registration interviews at the Dili indoor sports complex, agitators precipitated unrest among the nearly 7,000 awaiting processing. When it was assessed that the crowd had become uncontrollable, the interviews were cancelled -…

The United Nations is investigating the causes of a disturbance in Dili on Saturday when violence broke out amongst 7,000 people waiting for job interviews with the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). The United Nations had advertised…