Informes

Relief distributions in Bengkulu are going on as planned and the operation is expected to be concluded by the end of August. period covered: 17 July to 14 August 2000 The context An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the province…

'Nous sommes très préoccupés par le sort des réfugiés qui viennent de Timor-est et qui se trouvent toujours dans des camps à Timor-ouest, ainsi que par la recrudescence inadmissible des violences perpétrées par les milices, qui a entraîné la…

WEST TIMOR - UPDATE - IOM's land border repatriation operations that were suspended in early August will not restart before 5 September at the earliest. But prospects for the resumption of IOM repatriation convoys to East Timor after that…

Security: In East Timor the security situation has been dominated by the increase of reports of militia activity in the border districts of Sector West and also in Sector Central. The PKF threat assessment remains unchanged: medium for Bobonaro, CovaLima,…

No. : 42/PR/VIII/00 The Indonesian Government condemns any act of violence and assault against humanitarian workers, including in this case the act of violence against 3 (three) UNHCR staff which occurred on Tuesday, 22 August 2000 at the Naen refugee…

Twelve months ago, on the 30th August the East Timorese people voted for independence. In the face of widespread intimidation and violence, 78.5% of the population rejected integration with Indonesia and voted to determine their own future. In the…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today suspended aid operations for East Timorese refugees in Indonesia's West Timor province after three workers were severely injured in the worst attack so far against UNHCR staff. Soren Jessen-Petersen, UNHCR's assistant high commissioner,…

Dili, 23 August 2000 INDONESIAN DELEGATION MEETS WITH SRSG A high-level delegation from the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs briefed SRSG Sergio Vieira de Mello today on its new policy on refugees and said that the refugee camps in West…

23 août 2000 - Moluques - MSF vient en aide aux victimes des affrontements qui se multiplient depuis 1999 sur l'archipel des Moluques, à l'est de l'Indonésie. Malgré la gravité de la situation, l'accès aux victimes…

The Catholic aid agency CAFOD is calling on the Indonesian government to allow the return of over a hundred thousand refugees from West Timor into East Timor. An estimated 130,000 refugees are still living in camps in West Timor a…