Rapports

Unions help with the Aid Effort in Timor CARE Australia's Special Ambassador Jacqueline Gillespie has just returned from Dili, East Timor. Ms Gillespie was part of a special delegation made up of CARE and Union representatives visiting Dili to survey…

Though the situation brought on by the Tropical Storm Olga in July/August, which resulted in floods and landslides in the Kaesong area, the 3,000 people (581 families) who were worst affected, having lost their entire homes and belongings, are…

OPERATION WARDEN AND OPERATION STABILISE Australia and Indonesia continue to disagree over the events of the border clash at Motaain on Sunday. General Wiranto inspected the site yesterday and a joint TNI/INTERFET investigation is to be conducted. INTERFET forces have…

By Kurt Schork DILI, East Timor (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of East Timorese are hiding in the mountains across the rugged territory, hampering relief efforts, U.N. officials and aid workers said Wednesday. ''The arithmetic is very difficult to understand... but…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) East Timor On October 11, a second relief convoy traveled to the town of Manatuto. Most of Manatuto's 12,000 residents have not yet returned from…

Prepared by the Dili Representative of the Humanitarian Coordinator The daily coordination meeting in Dili started with the observance of a minute of silence for the two international and two local UN colleagues who were killed in an ambush in…

This document is intended for public information purposes only. It is not an official UN document. At a glance More East Timor roads declared safe Repatriation effort to double in the coming days First overland repatriation planned EAST TIMOR After surveys by Interfet troops, UNAMET announced…

East Timor As INTERFET secures more territory, humanitarian organizations are building their stocks of relief materials in secure towns and are developing operational plans for expanding programs throughout the country. Relief supplies are now reaching the towns of Dare, Manatuto, Ermera, Gleno,…

The ACT Team for the assignment in Timor, left Darwin earlier this afternoon on a World Food Program (WFP) flight for Dili in East Timor. The team comprising Jim Mason, a former LWF/WS staff (Team Leader) and Inge Ruth…

Security: INTERFET troops continue to move westwards. No new incidents have been reported. Policy on Releases of "Militia": INTERFET arrest all persons carrying arms. In accordance with international law, INTERFET can keep suspects up to 96 hours only, unless they have…