Rapports

Highlights of the Noon Briefing By Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General UN Headquarters, New York The Secretary-General's latest report on Afghanistan was made available today. This report is his annual summary of the progress of peace efforts in Afghanistan, which…

The United Nations mission in East Timor today reported that violence against suspected members of the militia was on the rise. The brother of one militia leader was found dead last week, with his hands tied and signs that he…

NEWS RELEASE SUGGESTED HEADLINE: IDP-DARWIN 31 - 99 By GySgt. Steve Nelson DARWIN, Australia - When tens of thousands of East Timorese were driven from their homes and villages by anti-independence militia, it was unknown when they would return or to what they…

SN / 208 EAST TIMOR General situation The rapid and systematic deployment of the multinational force (INTERFET) in East Timor has created the security conditions needed to allow the return to their homes of East Timorese who had taken refuge in the…

AT A GLANCE Rate of returns remains low with only around 4,750 heading home since the weekend. The total number of people repatriated to East Timor stands at nearly 107,700 since UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration began the return…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

Embassy of Vietnam would like to inform that the Government of Vietnam has decided some additional measures to facilitate relief supplies to flood-victims in Central Provinces of Vietnam: 1/The General Department of Customs will exempt from import duties all relief…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned that the on-going conflict in Afghanistan risks spinning out of control unless the international community awakens to its effect on the peace and security in the region and starts paying full attention to the…

General: In recent weeks, motor vehicle traffic on the streets of Dili has increased markedly, with a concomitant increase in accidents. Commercial and trading activity has also grown, with an increasing range of food products now available. Prices however, remain…

Dili Office, East TimorInfectious Disease Surveillance & Epidemic Preparedness UnitImportant points: bloody diarrhoea and URTI in Dili, acute jaundice syndrome in Batugade and World AIDS day. Formal report: During week 47 of 1999, reports concerning 6,632 patients seen…