Informes

At a glance Refugees moving to Kupang as word of airlift spreads UNHCR charters second aircraft Increased reception facilities for Dili and Baucau WEST TIMOR A total of 280 returnees flew back today, Tuesday, from Kupang in West Timor to Dili in East Timor.…

MEDIA RELEASE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ALEXANDER DOWNER AA 64 12 October 1999 The Australian Government is providing additional assistance of $6 million to the people of East Timor. In expectation of the wet season, this assistance will include emergency shelter…

Thousands of people in need of food, shelter and water CARE is concentrating it's work in the much forgotten area of North-Central West Timor, (TTU) where thousands of internally displaced people are desperately in need of aid. Most of the refugees…

EAST TIMOR Dili remains relatively calm. However INTERFET still classifies Dili as security level 3 (high risk where casualties are likely). Some militia have been sighted in town, often in the vicinity of military bases. A general surrender of weapons…

Koh: Timorese refugees live in fear of militias People in the displaced person camps in West Timor are living in fear of the militias, according to Assistant Secretary of State Harold Hongju Koh. In a special briefing at the Department of State…

The situation EAST TIMOR Security tensions in the eastern sector are relatively low, while tensions remain higher in the west and in Dili. The road from Dili to Liquica (39 km) was declared secure last Friday. An interagency assessment in Liquica took place…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below Kris Janowski UNHCR transported a…

M. Charles Josselin, Ministre délégué à la Coopération et à la Francophonie, est en Indonésie du 10 au 12 octobre. A son arrivée dimanche à Jakarta, il devait rencontrer M. Marzuki Darusman, président de la Commission des Droits de…

Prepared by the Dili Representative of the Humanitarian Coordinator Security: INTERFET reports that there are no significant changes in the security situation. Troops are in movement into the western region. Appeal: An Inter-agency Flash Appeal is in its final stages of being…

EAST TIMOR General situation The wave of violence that has engulfed East Timor in recent weeks has had major implications on the delivery of humanitarian assistance. In Dili, although the entire town is now officially secure and free access is possible…