Informes

54/99 International Development Secretary Clare Short today announced the UK will provide immediate humanitarian assistance for the people of East Timor. "It is essential that we move immediately to help relieve the suffering in East Timor now that the Indonesian Government has…

(Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply situation conditions give rise to concern) The lives and food security of large numbers of displaced people have been seriously threatened by escalating civil unrest and killings in East Timor. The current…

IP/99/675 Brussels, 14 September 1999 - The European Commission has approved a total of euro 3.1 million worth of humanitarian aid, euro 1.1 million for China and euro 2 million for South East Asia. The aid will be administered by…

Press conference with David Wimhurst Darwin, 14 September 1999 (4:00 p.m.) The information I have so far is that as of about 10 minutes ago 11 planes were on the ground and they had brought out 1544 people. At this…

OIKOS, a Portuguese NGO currently operating in three continents, has decided to support the call for Humanitarian Aid in East-Timor. Since the beginning of the year we have supported Bishop Belo and Caritas Dili sending emergency health kits and fostering material…

AI INDEX: ASA 21/150/99 (Please note that certain names and locations have been deleted to protect the individuals concerned) Testimony 1 On Friday, 3 September, I began to feel unsafe, so went for refuge at the [...]. There were only a few…

reported by Sanjay Sojwal, photojournalist, WV Asia Pacific Regional Communications Kupang, West Timor - A World Vision team which returned to Kupang briefly today to replenish supplies reported that World Vision has installed four water tanks, each with a capacity of…

Agency chosen to distribute World Food Programme rice to Dili World Vision is providing drinking water and emergency family kits to refugees stranded in Atambua, West Timor. The agency has already installed four water tanks, holding over 1,000 litres each,…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has accused Indonesia of delaying the delivery of food supplies to starving refugees in East Timor by failing to guarantee that aid flights would not be attacked. UNHCR field officer Christine Planas says the…

By Tim Johnston JAKARTA (Reuters) - The United Nations closed its compound in the devastated East Timor capital Dili Tuesday and evacuated 1,500 East Timorese from the smoldering city. As the U.N. presence in Dili dwindled to a mere handful of…