Rapports

After a series of powerful explosions on 28 February, Mayon volcano in the Philippines became even more vigorous on 29 February, producing explosions which were described as stronger than the 1993 eruption (that event had killed some 70-80 people).…

The Australian Red Cross and International Red Cross continue providing humanitarian assistance to all those affected by last year's events in East and West Timor. Australian Red Cross continues to run the logistics base in Darwin, with two Australian logistics…

Health: East Timor's first nation-wide immunisation campaign since the 30 August 1999 ballot, was launched on 1 March by UNICEF and its partner organisations. Although medical NGOs, supported by UNICEF, have inoculated 50,000 children against measles, the launch of this…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today launched the first major immunization campaign in East Timor since last August's referendum on independence. Twenty thousand infants are to be immunized against six childhood diseases. At a press briefing in Dili today,…

Field situation An official of the State Civil Defense Board and State Emergency Commission (SEC) provided the following summary of the situation. The Government has rated present circumstances as the worst disaster in 30 years. Summer drought…

by Niurka Pineiro, IOM Spokesperson Timor: Some 650 East Timorese have returned in the last four days TIMOR - Over the last four days, IOM has helped some 650 displaced East Timorese to return home from West Timor. Kosovo: IOM starts…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has continued his efforts to reform and gain civilian control over the powerful Indonesian military (TNI). In January, President Wahid dismissed retired…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Response Office of Transition Initiatives Country Situation The international humanitarian emergency phase has ended in East Timor. The remaining humanitarian work is focusing on reintegrating returning refugees from West Timor, responding to…

DILI, 29 FEBRUARY 2000 The Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET): Recalling Decision no.V/MPR/1999 of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia of 19 October 1999 concerning East Timor;…

Introduction Over 78 per cent of Timorese voters chose the independence option in the UN-organized ballot held on 30 August 1999. The announcement of the voting results was followed by a widespread campaign of violence and destruction by the pro-integration…