Informes

Two incidents occurred inside the enclave of Oecussi, in West Timor, on Tuesday and Wednesday, possibly leaving one East Timorese injured. In the last 72 hours there were five militia incursions across the border, according to Interfet. On Tuesday afternoon,…

There is a continuing need to return up to 120,000 displaced persons in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of…

INTERFET's Australian elements yesterday moved swiftly to protect the people of East Timor situated in the Enclave. At 1.15 pm, in the vicinity of Mahata, on the border south-west of Qecussi, a group of militia believed to number about 20,…

Tuesday, 18 January 2000: A survey by UNICEF in the Belu District of West Timor has found that an estimated 25 per cent of refugee children under the age of five are suffering from moderate to severe malnutrition. The results…

1. BACKGROUND In March 1999 an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Indonesia reported a number of food supply difficulties due principally to the effects of earlier economic crisis in the country in 1997/1998, compounded…

There is a continuing need to return up to 120,000 displaced persons in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of…

UN, INTERFET, the international security force, and Indonesian military officials today signed a memorandum of understanding intended to improve cooperation at the border between East and West Timor, Fred Eckhard, the spokesman for the Secretary-General, announced in New York. The memorandum…

EDITORIAL NUMBER=0-08601 Several months after the terrible violence that accompanied East Timor's vote to separate from Indonesia, conditions are beginning to improve in the new island nation. But progress will be slow so long as large numbers of East Timorese…

There is an urgent need to facilitate the voluntary return of an estimated 120,000 East Timorese displaced in West Timor to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return…

General: Since the last report, there have been two labour disputes involving IOM and WFP. Both disputes evolved from disagreements over salaries and worker benefits. The IOM strike took place this afternoon and ended with the intervention of CIVPOL and…