Informes

Militias opposing repatriation of East Timorese refugees stepped up their intimidation today along border areas between East and West Timor, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Staff with UNHCR fear the situation will deteriorate further unless Indonesian…

General: Despite recent clearance of drains and gutters, much of Dili was inundated with water this evening during the season's first heavy rains. Intensified efforts to improve drainage will continue through food-for-work schemes. Humanitarian agencies are concerned that a number…

Latest News Humanitarian assistance is now reaching an estimated 12,000 people in Oecussi, an isolated enclave surrounded by West Timor. The Australian Government is supporting the emergency relief efforts of aid agencies who are working with people coming out of…

AT A GLANCE Militias opposing repatriation step up intimidation along the border areas of West Timor, firing guns in the air at a camp where refugees were departing for East Timor and in front of the UNHCR office. UNHCR staff report…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

As of November 1, 1999 the combined total of organised and spontaneous returns by air and by sea has reached 36,841 (24,168 organised and 12,673 spontaneous). A new ferry return route has opened in order to increase the overall pace…

Pour arriver à Likisia, il faut passer le long d'une côte aride. Près de la route, le spectacle est toujours le même : des maisons brûlées, et des centaines de personnes qui se réunissent sur des places de villages. Environ…

George Foulkes, International Development Minister, today announced a doubling of assistance to East Timor to continue a programme of humanitarian relief for returning refugees. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Foulkes said, "We have now set aside £6.5 million…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

Scattered heavy rainfall in October increased moisture supplies for main season rice transplanting in main producing areas. Main season rice is planted in October/November to coincide with rains from the north east monsoon, for harvest from March onwards. In…