Informes

Indonesia has agreed to let a United Nations delegation visit East Timor on Saturday, an apparent concession to international concern over militia violence since the vote for independence. The announcement of the visit by five senior diplomats came as the…

CONTACT: Cynthia Glocker, CARE USA, (404) 374-4061 ATLANTA (September 10, 1999) - Almost 45,000 people from East Timor have sought shelter in West Timor according to CARE aid workers, who also were forced to flee East Timor to West Timor because…

The following are highlights from the Secretary-General's briefing on East Timor at UN headquarters. This is not an official transcript. There was no regular noon briefing today by the Spokesman for the Secretary General. ANNAN: TIME HAS COME FOR INDONESIA TO…

Displaced Persons in E.Timor Subject to Attack, Summary Execution (New York, September 10, 1999) -- People fleeing the terror in East Timor or being forced out by militias have no protection over the border, Human Rights Watch said today. The same…

This report includes: A) Indonesia East Timor B) Afghanistan C) Angola D) Sierra Leone E) East Africa: Tanzania, Burundi and Uganda. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service. Available on the WFP Home Page at http://www.wfp.org/ or by electronic…

The Asian Development Bank continues to monitor the situation in East Timor extremely closely. The Bank joins the international community in expressing its very deep concern about the serious security and humanitarian issues in the territory, and condemns the widespread…

The Prime Minister's Office Like all Australians I am appalled at what has been happening in East Timor and the dreadful humanitarian impact it has had on the lives of people there. Although accurate information is difficult to obtain in…

Terror continues in East Timor - church leaders among those targeted and killed Geneva, September 10, 1999: With the terror continuing in East Timor it is becoming clear that church leaders are specifically being targeted by the pro-Indonesian forces controlling the…

SEATTLE - As thousands of people flee violence in East Timor, World Vision has set up operations in the West Timor town of Atambura to provide emergency supplies. The agency was forced to close its relief efforts in East…

Massive numbers of refugees escaping chaos and violence in East Timor have overwhelmed centres designed to accommodate them. World Vision Indonesia country director James Tumbuan said today over 68,000 refugees had crossed into West Timor. Many were turned away from government…