Rapports

ICRC News 99/43 "I am in good health", read the printed cards, on which senders write down their own names and list any family members who are with them. The message is brief and simple, but for people who lost…

IOM has assisted with the voluntary and orderly return of 14,471 East Timorese by air and sea from Indonesia (Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar), from West Timor (Kupang) and from Australia (Darwin) OPERATIONS ACTIVITIES Return from Darwin (Australia) to Dili (East Timor) by…

ICRC News 99/43 The ICRC has begun its emergency relief distributions to isolated villages in the mountains of East Timor. On 26 October an ICRC-chartered helicopter flew 12.5 tonnes of food and other items from the town of Aileu to…

Although East Timorese refugees and displaced persons have begun returning home, widespread displacement continues in the region. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that of the 250,000 displaced from East Timor to West Timor, about 18,000 have…

The Disaster At 15:00 local time today Bangladesh's Storm Warning Centre reported that a severe cyclonic storm over the east-central part of the Bay of Bengal was moving north-westwards and was centred about 600 kilometres south-west of Chittagong and 550…

At a glance U.N. agencies issue an appeal for $199 million to fund programs for the East Timor crisis from October 1999 to June 2000. UNHCR's component in the appeal is $45.4 million. Some 23,000 people have returned so far to…

IOM NEWS RELEASE No. 838 Geneva-New York - At the request of the Government of Australia and in cooperation with UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has organized the first voluntary repatriation of East Timorese from Australia to East…

Some 23,000 people have gone home to East Timor since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) began the repatriation effort on 8 October, the refugee agency said today. Of the number, around 16,000 repatriated from West Timor and…

News Service 202/99 - AI INDEX: ASA 21/202/99 28 October 1999 "I saw the most terrible thing that will stay in my memory forever. I saw a man being executed. He was a Timorese man.... His back was facing me…

Security: In the Komoro district of Dili, INTERFET troops protected a suspected militia member attacked by a large crowd. During the incident, stones were thrown at INTERFET vehicles. On route security, INTERFET has announced that the road Dili-Batugade-Maliana is now…