Rapports

Dili, East Timor General Situation: Registration for tomorrow's general distribution is now complete. More than 72,000 people will benefit from the distribution, with each family receiving one 50 kg bag of rice. People who missed the initial registration will have the…

GA/AB/3309 Future phases of the United Nations operation in East Timor should be paid for according to the standard General Assembly formula as laid down in Article 17 of the Charter, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this…

Opening Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the Fiftieth Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme Speeches of the High Commissioner Geneva, Monday, 4 October 1999 Mr Chairman, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ms Bellamy, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to this…

SG/SM/7158 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General warmly welcomes Japan's $100 million contribution to the United Nations Trust Fund for the multinational force in East Timor, announced today in Tokyo. As Japan intends,…

During coming weeks, UNICEF will launch urgently needed programmes for children in East Timor, where thousands of displaced persons are moving back to cities and towns. In West Timor, the situation of tens of thousands who fled post-election violence…

The situation EAST TIMOR The deployment of InterFET (International Forces to East Timor) troops on the ground in East Timor is now scaling up. Last Friday, Interfet forces deployed soldiers to the towns of Balibo and Batugade near the border with West Timor…

A summary of today's daily press briefing as conducted in Darwin, Australia, by Afia Ali (OCHA Information Officer and Joe Barr (Chief of Unit, OCHA) As you are aware, the UNHCR and the Indonesian government have reached an agreement regarding…

Le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, Madame Sadako Ogata, a aujourd'hui exprimé son inquiétude face aux tentatives des gouvernements et des entités militaires de marginaliser les agences humanitaires lors de crises majeures. "C'est aux agences humanitaires, de par…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, today warned against risks which arise from attempts by governments and military organizations to bypass humanitarian agencies in high-visibility crises. "The experience and expertise to deal with the human dimension of crises…

AT A GLANCE First UNHCR aid flight reaches West Timor UNHCR ready to repatriate East Timorese Relief agencies expand across East Timor WEST TIMOR A first UNHCR aircraft loaded with 17 metric tons of emergency aid for displaced populations in West Timor set down…