Rapports

East Timor The Government of Indonesia (GOI) has set a target date in late March for the completion of IDP returns to East Timor. As a sign of commitment to this goal, Vice President Megawati Sukarnoeputri will visit refugees…

Latest estimates from the United Nations Disaster Team in Viet Nam indicate that 577 people have been killed as a result of recent flooding in the central provinces and that property damage could tally US$266 million. UN Resident Co-ordinator Edouard…

A/54/536 S/1999/1145 SECURITY COUNCIL Fifty-fourth year GENERAL ASSEMBLY Fifty-fourth session Agend item 50 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 53/203 A of 18 December 1998, in which the Assembly requested me to report to it at its…

HR/99/103 Members of the international commission of inquiry on possible violations of human rights and acts which may constitute breaches of international humanitarian law committed in East Timor since January 1999 will gather in Geneva this week to prepare their…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, 16 November -The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is distributing emergency home delivery kits to mothers in East Timor, where representatives say there is little or no maternity care currently available. The Fund is also…

Families in race against time to plant crops before rainy season CONTACT: Amy Lynn O'Toole, (404) 681-4579, ext. 383 ATLANTA (November 16, 1999) - CARE is distributing seeds and agricultural tools to 25,000 vulnerable families in East Timor to help them re-establish…

Vietnam has been suffering the effects of the worst rainstorm to hit the country in forty years. Storm Number 9, better known as Eve, began with torrential rainstorms on October 18, and continued without respite, until November 4. On November…

November 1999 - AI Index: ASA 11/16/99 Dist: SC/CO/PUBLIC Afghanistan: The legacy of human suffering in a forgotten war To mark the 20th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the ensuing 20 years of war, Amnesty International is issuing…

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…