Informes

AT A GLANCE East Timor still tense despite signs of normalisation. Aid operation in East Timor gathers momentum. UNHCR team visits West Timor. EAST TIMOR East Timor's capital Dili has been slowly returning to normal with more street activity and more people trickling back to…

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 has made…

News Service 182/99 AI INDEX: ASA 21/174/99 (Darwin) -- Amnesty International is concerned about reports of lack of co-operation by the Indonesian authorities into on-going investigations of killings in East Timor, including that of murdered Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes. "Indonesia's past record…

Refugees From East Timor Face Continuing Campaign of Terror and Intimidation Throughout Indonesia For Immediate Release: Wednesday, Sept. 28,1999 Contact:In Atlanta Carrie Harmon, 404-420-5107 Contact in Darwin: Brent Preston, 61-413-781-469 or Gillian Flies 61-431-781-468 E-mail CCNDI@hotmail.com The Indonesian security forces and their pro-integration militia surrogates…

Preparations for MSF developments in East Timor have increased with the arrival of 30 metric tonnes of supplies in Darwin, Australia, where MSF activities in East Timor are being coordinated. In addition, a second MSF flight is scheduled for…

SEPTEMBER 1999 - FEBRUARY 2000 OCTOBER 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY 1.1 Objective 1.2 Timeframe and financial requirements 1.3 Outline Budget by Sector / Issue 2. OVERVIEW 2.1 Background 2.2 Current Situation 2.3 International Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance Involvement 2.4 The Rationale for the Preliminary Assessment 2.5…

(adopted at its fourth special session) The Commission on Human Rights, Meeting in special session, Guided by the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Convention…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Overview Following an overwhelming UN-supported vote for independence from Indonesia on August 30, pro-integrationist militias in East Timor rampaged and plundered through several cities and…

Ross Mountain, the Humanitarian Coordinator, is still in Dili. We are not sure of when Mr. Mountain will return to Darwin. He is on a helicopter reconnaissance trip today. Mr. Mountain participated briefly in the reconnaissance trip to Baucau…

Both East and West Timor continue to present grave problems for the people of East Timor, displaced by violence beginning 5 September following free elections overwhelmingly approving independence for East Timor. Though UNICEF was also forced to evacuate East Timor in…