Informes

From ICRC News 99/46 Between 11 and 13 November, the ICRC distributed 44 tonnes of seed to 11,000 families in the easternmost district of Lautem. The supplies were delivered in 20-kg parcels to groups of five families, from the main…

East Timorese displaced people continued to return to East timor during the past week. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates the total number of returnees is now in excess of 72,000. Interfet personnel continued to provide humanitarian assistance throughout…

Islamabad (Office of the United Nations Co-ordinator for Afghanistan), 19 November 1999 - United Nations staff based in Bazarak in the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan have confirmed that a Taliban warplane bombed the Bazarak market area on 18 November…

The Australian Council for Overseas Aid is the coordinating body for some 90 Australian non-government aid and development organisations Australian aid organisations are calling on the Australian Government to make a new effort to free East Timorese refugees trapped in West…

United Nations officials and East Timorese political leaders today stressed their commitment to dialogue and cooperation, putting aside media reports of friction between the two sides. Speaking at a press conference in Dili, Sergio Vieira de Mello, the head of…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below Kris Janowski 1. High Commissioner…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

By Sgt. Eric McLeroy MALIANA, East Timor V Families stood quietly outside fire-scorched homes while raggedly clothed children played under the watchful eye of Australian soldiers on a soccer field near the center of town. The scene was quickly interrupted…

From ICRC News 99/46 The ICRC and the Indonesian Red Cross Society are operating 12 health-care posts in the camps for displaced people in the Atambua area near the border with East Timor. The posts, staffed by Indonesian Red Cross…

This is a near verbatim transcript of the press conference given by Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ian Martin, the outgoing Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Mr. Xanana Gusmao, President of the CNRT. SVM:…