Informes

Advocacy & External Relations Unit Tel.: 1-212-963-4832/2380; Fax: 1-212-963-1312 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS Humanitarian situation: UN humanitarian agencies currently in Darwin, Australia, are finalizing preparations to deploy to Dili over the weekend. Humanitarian operations may begin as early as…

The Australian Red Cross has been actively involved in helping the refugees arriving in Darwin from East Timor. Since the evacuation operation hit a peak last weekend, dozens of Australian Red Cross volunteers have been welcoming, comforting, registering and…

Thursday, September 16, 1999 Palais des Nations, Geneva STEINBERG: I am here in Geneva to participate in the standing committee of experts meetings regarding mine clearance which took place 13th through 15th, and then the 15th through the 17th -- a…

Australia will lead a peacekeeping force approved by the United Nations yesterday. Shawn Donnan, Special to The Christian Science Monitor SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - The deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force in East Timor as soon as this weekend - led by Australian…

Plans to air-drop emergency food supplies into East Timor have been delayed another day. A Royal Australian Air Force Hercules is on standby in the Northern Territory to drop parcels with food rations and water to refugees forced out of…

Yesterday, a small group of UN workers and a Catholic Priest managed to deliver the first aid to the town of Dare, south of Dili. One of those was Kevin Kennedy - who works for the Office for the Co-ordination…

More food aid has arrived in Darwin for desperate East Timorese who face starvation in the mountains near Dili, but it may be the weekend before it is sent. Another plane-load of emergency rations touched down yesterday to add to…

World Food Programme Brief on WFP's Response to the Crisis in East Timor Overall response WFP's recently approved Emergency Operation 6175 will provide food assistance to 150,000 internally displaced persons for two months. A total of 4,488 tons of commodities will…

Church World Service is seeking $1 million to aid refugees from East Timor who have fled to West Timor in the wake of the violence following the independence vote (August 30). While international relief agencies are currently unable to…

Press conference with David Wimhurst Darwin, 16 September 1999 I'll start with the humanitarian aid program. You probably heard this morning - the Australian briefing - food drops could be planned for later today. This is Oz Aid and the…