Informes

Information dated: October 7 to 16, 1999 West Timor In West Timor, there are nine expats based in Kupang, Kefa and Atambua. Estimations are of between 180,000 and 270,000 displaced East Timorese currently in West Timor. Security problems within the country as…

At a glance The flow of returnees stopped Agencies brace for a large influx First return from Kupang to Dili by sea East Timor The flow of East Timorese across the border from West Timor stopped abruptly late Wednesday and UN-HCR staff on the…

Geneva-New York The first organized sea return from Kupang (West Timor) to Dili (East Timor) will take place on 21 October 1999. Some 1,600 East Timorese will board an IOM-chartered ship for the twelve-hour journey home. Once processed by the…

Widespread displacement continues in the former Indonesian-occupied region of East Timor, with an estimated 75 percent of the population displaced. Latest estimates by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

ICRC News 99/42 Radiolink, a service to help people who were separated from their families during the crisis in East Timor, was launched on 19 October by BBC World Service, the ICRC and the British Red Cross. According to recent estimates,…

E/CN.4/1999/167/Add.1,E/1999/23/Add.1 20 October 1999 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fourth special session 23-24 September 1999 I. DRAFT DECISION RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Situation of human rights in East Timor The Economic and Social Council takes note of Commission on Human…

East Timor On October 19, UNICEF conducted a measles vaccination campaign in Dili. Approximately 3,700 children under five were vaccinated and provided with vitamin A supplements. UNICEF plans to repeat the campaign in Dili within a month. UNHCR estimates, for planning…

International staff : 23 BRINGING AID TO THE DISPLACED Economic crisis has contributed to the outbreak of ethnic and religious conflict throughout the country. Following the religious clashes in Ambon in the Molucca Islands in January 1999, MSF teams…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed the decision by Indonesia's national assembly annulling a law for the integration of East Timor into Indonesia. Mr. Annan's response came in a statement issued by his spokesman last evening following a declaration by the…

October- February 2000 1.0 Background A popular consultation on August 30, 1999, held under the auspices of the United Nations, resulted in the East Timorese population's rejection of increased autonomy within Indonesia, in favour of independence. The New York Agreements of…