Informes

THE Salvation Army Crisis Assessment Team has completed its seven-day critical needs assessment of refugees from the violence in East Timor. The team was composed of the officers who reside and conduct Salvation Army operations in West Timor, Indonesia,…

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…

Distr. GENERAL A/54/378 S/1999/994 21 September 1999 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY - SECURITY COUNCIL Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 50 Report of the Secretary-General I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 22 of General Assembly resolution 53/203 A of 18 December 1998, in which the…

STRASBOURG, 21.09.99 - The COUNCIL OF EUROPE Parliamentary Assembly today called on the Council's 41 members to recognise Timor Lorosae - the name chosen by the local population for East Timor - as an independent nation, following the results…

Cameron W. Barr, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor KUPANG, INDONESIA - It was a good day for East Timor, a decent day for the international community, and a lousy day for Indonesia. When an Australian-led force reached the East Timorese…

OPENING REMARKS FOR DAILY MEDIA BRIEFING By the Defence Spokesperson, Colonel Duncan Lewis As you know, Australia is leading and making an major contribution to a multinational force tasked with: restoring peace and security in East Timor protecting and supporting…

MEDIA RELEASE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER DOWNER The Australian Government will provide additional funding of $4 million to assist the many hundreds of thousands of people in both West and East Timor who have been displaced or affected by…

Dans le cadre de l'Aide humanitaire de la Confédération, la Suisse apporte un soutien de 1,5 million de francs aux victimes du conflit au Timor oriental. Cette aide se répartira entre les programmes d'aide d'urgence de trois organisations internationales à…

Current Situation in East Timor The humanitarian disaster in East Timor continues and has sparked violence in other parts of Indonesia. Anti-independence protests in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital have erupted in shootings. Militias still control the streets of East Timor's capital,…

There are concerns being raised about the East Timorese population currently forced to live in West Timor. They were forced from their homes in the post-election violence and are sheltering in West Timor. Within weeks, the East Timorese may be relocated…