Rapports

News Service 238/99 AI INDEX: ASA 21/209/99 "We are not thinking about integration [with Indonesia] or independence for East Timor, we are thinking about returning to our homes." (a refugee in Nenuk, Atambua, 10 November 1999) For the more than 100,000 refugees…

There is a need to return the remaining East Timorese displaced in West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of…

MEDIA RELEASE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALEXANDER DOWNER I am pleased to announce that Australia will contribute $25 million this financial year through international trust funds to help East Timor prepare for independence and future development. Australia will provide…

TOKYO, December 17, 1999 - Nearly 200 delegates from over 50 countries and international agencies gathered in Tokyo today to pledge around US$520 million in grant funding over the next three years to rebuild East Timor and to ensure…

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES The World Bank has called a meeting of more than twenty countries in Tokyo this week to discuss the reconstruction of East Timor. Oxfam sent a representative to East Timor in the leadup to the meeting to coordinate…

Highlights of the Noon Briefing By Fred Eckhard Spokesman for the Secretary-General UN Headquarters, New York The donor meeting on East Timor ended in Tokyo today with pledges of $522.43 million, over two-thirds of which was for reconstruction and development. The UN Transitional…

There is a need to return the remaining East Timorese displaced in West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of…

From the Department for International Development 00/99 TOKYO, 17 DECEMBER 1999 The events which followed the consultation on 30 August were a tragedy for the people of East Timor. Any emerging independent nation faces multiple challenges; the displacement of a large proportion…

From the Department for International Development 82/99 17 DECEMBER 1999. The UK today signalled its commitment to the future of East Timor, pledging £13 million to support reconstruction and development. The pledge which was announced by the Department for International Development (DFID)…

Situation Analysis of the Tropical Depression: Due to the effects of the Tropical Depression, in two previous days, there were medium-to-heavy rains in the Central provinces from Quang Ngai to Phu Yen, and very heavy rains in some areas.…