Rapports

The Crisis in East Timor Background reading about the current crisis, Fall 1999. (Adapted from Keeping the Peace in an Age of Conflict: Debating the U.S. Role) Download a PDF version of Crisis in East Timor for viewing and printing from…

Dili, East Timor General Situation: New arrivals continue to enter Dili. Streets, particularly in the port area, are crowded. Although reconstruction on a large-scale has not yet begun, people are repairing homes and some clean-up, arranged primarily by INTERFET, is…

Aussie agency assists resettlement in Dili The first group of displaced people forced across the border into West Timor have returned to their home province this afternoon. A United Nations plane carrying 90 displaced people touched down in Dili a short time…

East Timor The first unescorted relief convoy was conducted on October 7 following INTERFET's announcement on October 6 of the downgraded security risk on the road from Dili to Baucau. The relief convoy transported food and non-food items to Baucau. Humanitarian…

An Australian humanitarian organisation has warned refugees in West Timor could be used as hostages by the Indonesian military. David Weber reports, Community Aid Abroad is calling for the United Nations to be allowed to monitor registration of the refugees. Community Aid…

The Indonesian Government has granted permission for a delegation of Australian politicians to visit refugee camps in West Timor. Dana Robertson reports, the visit has been approved as more troops head into East Timor. Labor backbencher Kevin Rudd instigated the parliamentary delegation…

I write this article from the safety of Darwin. I have a new appreciation of my personal safety today after my recent experiences in West Timor. I never knew what it was like to be paralysed with fear. I never experienced…

Destruction in the East Timorese capital of Dili is far beyond that found following other humanitarian crises, according to relief and development agency CARE International. This assessment was made by Bob Macpherson, CARE International's security officer in Dili. Ex-US Marine,…

(as held by Afia Ali, OCHA Information Officer, Darwin) Two flights facilitating the voluntary return of East Timorese Displaced Persons (DPs) from Kupang into Dili were conducted today. The flights, organised by UNHCR, transported approximately 200 East Timorese to Dili. The…

Ministère de la Défense - Délégation à l'Information et à la Communication de la Défense Paris, le 08 octobre 1999 ETAT-MAJOR DES ARMEES Alors que la frégate Vendémiaire, après avoir assuré l'escorte d'un bâtiment australien de l'INTERFET, patrouille au nord du…