Informes

A resurgence of violence in the Moluccas presents the latest threat to Indonesia's stability, and recent clashes in Central Sulawesi and continued tensions in Aceh add to the region's insecurity. Focusing on assistance to victims of recent violence in…

Geneva, 12 July 2000 Some 4,000 persons, both Muslim and Christian, have died in the 18 months of sectarian fighting in the Maluku islands and more than half a million persons have been displaced since violence first erupted in the…

by Jean-Philippe Chauzy, IOM SpokespersonWest Timor IOM has resumed operations in the Oesau are near Kupang where the situation has returned to normal. Fighting which had erupted last week between local people and East Timorese refugees has…

JAKARTA (July 10) XINHUA - More than 500,000 houses have been destroyed in Indonesia due to riots and natural disasters over the past three months, according to Minister of Housing and Regional Development Erna Witoelar. "During the last three months,…

2000-07-10 06:40:41 GMT (Reuters) JAKARTA, July 10 (Reuters) - Snipers are terrorising passengers in boats off Ambon, the capital of Indonesia's ravaged spice islands, although an uneasy calm has returned elsewhere in the islands, a police spokesman and residents said…

Brussels, 10.7.2000 - On Monday, the Society for Threatened Peoples (Gesellschaft f=FCr bedrohte Völker/GfbV) and the South Moluccan community from the Netherlands organized a demonstration in Brussels as an urgent appeal to the European Union (EU) foreign ministers meeting to…

Dili, 10 July 2000 EAST TIMORESE ATHLETES TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA Ten East Timorese athletes will travel to Darwin, Australia, on Wednesday, 12 July, to undergo the training and selection process for the Sydney Olympic Games. Their departure was originally scheduled for…

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson IOM suspends return operations from Kupang area as the situation continues to be very tense. The registration process of East Timorese refugees scheduled for this week has been delayed due to…

BRIEFING BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER H.E. ALWI SHIHAB TO FOREIGN AMBASSADORS IN JAKARTA ON ACEH, MALUKU AND IRIAN JAYA Jakarta, 7 July 2000 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by expressing, my sincere appreciation to all of you for coming…

Dili, 7 July 2000 SRSG RETURNS TO EAST TIMOR SRSG Sergio Vieira de Mello returned to Dili today after an extensive trip, which included the Lisbon Donor Conference and a briefing before the United Nations Security Council. Tomorrow, the SRSG is…