Informes

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) East Timor INTERFET forces entered the Ambeno enclave for the first time on October 22. Food and non-food relief supplies have been pre-positioned in the…

The Security Council today decided to set up a United Nations authority in East Timor with a broad mandate designed to help the territory's transition to independence. By a unanimous vote the Council established the UN Transitional Administration for East…

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FRED ECKHARD, SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK Earlier today a United Nations reconnaissance mission went to the East Timorese enclave of Ambeno in West Timor. The group included military liaison officers from…

General: Roadside markets continue to open throughout Dili although commodities are either from previous stocks or imported from outside the city. Sellers report that no supplies are arriving from West Timor. Although many more commodities are on sale than before,…

A UN administered ballot on August 30, 1999 resulted in overwhelming rejection by the East Timorese people of autonomy within Indonesia in favour of independence, by a margin of 78.5% to 21.5%. In retaliation, the Indonesian military and pro-Indonesia militias engulfed…

S/RES/1272 (1999) 25 October 1999 RESOLUTION 1272 (1999) Adopted by the Security Council at its 4057th meeting, on 25 October 1999 The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions and the statements of its President on the situation in East Timor, in particular resolutions…

Press Release SC/6745 - 19991025 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1272 (1999), Council Authorizes Strength of 1,600 Police, 9,000 Military Troops The Security Council this morning established the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) for an initial period…

(99-54) News Release - October 25, 1999 Ottawa -- Canada's International Cooperation Minister, Maria Minna, today announced a $1.5 million contribution to provide humanitarian assistance and food aid to the victims of the violence in East Timor. This brings Canada's…

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FRED ECKHARD, SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK UNHCR reported that Sunday in the first incident such incident since the beginning of organized returns more than three weeks ago, a bus carrying 12…

Distr. GENERAL S/PRST/1999/29**Reissued for technical reasons. 25 October 1999 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL At the 4055th meeting of the Security Council, held on 22 October 1999, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The…