Rapports

General: This was an historic day for East Timor as the Indonesian Assembly voted unconditionally to accept the results of the referendum on East Timor. The Assembly also elected Mr. Gusdar Abdulrahman Wahid, of the National Awakening Party, as the…

On Wednesday, October 20th Direct Relief International sent a large shipment of medical aid to East Timor, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes by civil strife. The U.S. Department of Defense provided two…

GENEVA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - United Nations investigators into killings, torture and sexual crimes are expected to carry out an investigation in East Timor next month, the U.N. human rights spokesman Jose Diaz said on Friday. "The special rapporteurs on…

OPERATIONS UPDATE Three UN aircraft are expected to arrive at Dili today with approximately 270 returnees from West Timor. There will be a further 600 arriving by ship tomorrow night or Thursday morning and 2000 returnees are expected on Friday.…

International staff : 23 BRINGING AID TO THE DISPLACED Economic crisis has contributed to the outbreak of ethnic and religious conflict throughout the country. Following the religious clashes in Ambon in the Molucca Islands in January 1999, MSF teams…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed the decision by Indonesia's national assembly annulling a law for the integration of East Timor into Indonesia. Mr. Annan's response came in a statement issued by his spokesman last evening following a declaration by the…

Depuis vendredi 15 octobre Médecins du Monde est présent à Suaï, ville du sud du Timor. Les équipes médicales se sont installées dans un bâtiment proche de l'hôpital, celui-ci étant totalement détruit tout comme la ville. Les habitants hésitent…

October- February 2000 1.0 Background A popular consultation on August 30, 1999, held under the auspices of the United Nations, resulted in the East Timorese population's rejection of increased autonomy within Indonesia, in favour of independence. The New York Agreements of…

While the United Nations would continue to work for peace in Afghanistan, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, would cease to be actively involved until the situation there changed, correspondents were told at today's noon briefing. Mr. Brahimi,…

(New York, October 20) - Human Rights Watch today welcomed the election of Abdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, and urged him to make pressing human rights issues a priority from the outset of his administration. "Gus Dur personally has…