Informes

Members of Western Australia's East Timorese community claim the health of babies being sent back to Timor may be at serious risk, because they won't have access to formula milk. Gavin Fang reports the community members say they've been told…

Appeal Target : US$ 326,755 Geneva, 3 December 1999 Dear Friends, Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world and 20 years of war has fragmented the country into struggles between the various political / military groups in shifting…

UNTAET/REG/1999/3 3 December 1999 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (hereinafter: Transitional Administrator), Pursuant to the authority given to him under United Nations Security Council resolution 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999, Taking into account United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) Regulation…

General: Several important policy issues with direct impact on the humanitarian operation have arisen during the past few days. These include rent for public buildings and employment of former civil servants, particularly in the health and education sectors. The National…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 3 December 1999 -- "After twenty years of war, about four percent of the Afghan population--or 800,000 people--are disabled due to war, landmines, polio, and poor basic health care," said Peter…

UNTAET/REG/1992/2 2 December 1999 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (hereinafter: Transitional Administrator), Pursuant to the authority given to him under United Nations Security Council resolution 1272 (1999) of 25 October 1999, Taking into account United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) Regulation…

AT A GLANCE Militia leaders tell a visiting U.S. senator they are prepared to return to East Timor if their security can be guaranteed. UNHCR holds discussions with authorities in a bid to resolve outstanding issues preventing the return of tens…

Australian Immigration Minister Phillip Ruddock is continuing his tough stance on visa extensions for East Timor refugees, currently in safe havens around Australia. Federal Labor Opposition leader Kim Beazley, who's in Dili to see first-hand the conditions, remains firm in…

From ICRC News 48 Maria's temporary two-room house is 6 metres long, 4 metres wide and 2 metres high, and is made of planks of wood covered with plastic sheeting. It took the three-member ICRC team who built it as…

Overview As of November 29, the U.N. reports that 107,628 East Timorese have repatriated via organized and spontaneous returns. UNHCR's formal repatriation process began on October 8. According to UNHCR, organized returns now comprise about six out of ten returns.…