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by USC staff in Indonesia and Canada Despite news reports over the past few days that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will begin to repatriate the refugees in West Timor to their homeland, USC continues to receive…
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GA/9633 The important principle of national sovereignty must not be used as a curtain behind which human rights violations were carried out with impunity, the representative of Sweden said this afternoon as the General Assembly continued its consideration of the…
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At a glance Airlift repatriation begins Ogata hails Friday's flights as an important first step Smooth reception for returnees in Dili WEST TIMOR UNHCR airlifted 173 Timorese to East Timor today at the start of a program to return displaced people estimated to number 230,000…
Timor-Leste
GENERAL INTERFET continues to conduct operations aimed at improving the security situation in East Timor with forces building a presence in western areas near Balibo. An INTERFET unit operating in the vicinity of Suai was involved in two separate incidents with…
Timor-Leste
La situation des personnes déplacées est toujours préoccupante, aussi bien à Timor Est qu'à Timor Ouest, ainsi que dans le reste de l'Indonésie, s'agissant par exemple des étudiants timorais se trouvant à Jogjakarta. Le ministre vient d'écrire à ce sujet à…
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Darwin, 6 October 1999 Introduction The pillaging of East Timor by forces loyal to Jakarta in the wake of the 30 August popular vote for independence has left an utterly ravaged landscape and a displaced and traumatised population.…
Timor-Leste
L'activité médicale, des 15 expatriés de Médecins du Monde présents à Dili, reste à peu près constante sur la clinique de Motael et au cours des consultations mobiles effectuées dans le quartier de " la Cathédrale " : de…
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Press Contact: Shanta Bryant, 202-667-8227 x127 NGO Contacts: James Bishop, Director of Humanitarian Response, 202-667-8227, x104 Stephen Hricik, Senior Program Associate, x106 The following InterAction member information is directly provided by each agency and is updated on a regular basis. Additional details of…
Timor-Leste
Security in Baucau and the surounding area has improved substantially in recent days, according to the U.N., and it is now considered safe to move without an escort in the city as well as on the road between Baucau…
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East Timor was devastated during the violence which followed free elections in which the East Timorese voted overwhelmingly for independent status. More violence, and possibly involuntary resettlement, threatens some 250,000 East Timorese who have fled to West Timor to…
