Rapports

Humanitarian relief Food drops are continuing, with another 4 drops planned today by Australian Defence Force and World Food Programme aircraft, consisting of humanitarian daily rations and 'snowdrop' high energy biscuits - enough to feed up to 30,000 people. The first…

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE DU MINISTERE DE LA DEFENSE (Paris, 27 septembre 1999) Au Timor oriental, alors que les C 130 du groupement tactique opérationnel (GTO) poursuivent leurs missions, l'antenne chirurgicale (ACA) est maintenant déployée et opérationnelle. Projetée à partir de Darwin…

DAILY UPDATE 27SEP99 INTERFET continues to build the confidence of the local population through security patrols, food distribution and humanitarian assistance. An increase in the numbers of locals remaining in Dili overnight indicates a perception of increased security provided by INTERFET.…

CARE Australia has been working in East Timor since 1994 and has grown to become one of the leading international aid agencies in the province, with the unique distinction of having projects in all 13 districts until recently. Now…

27 September -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has voiced concern over the "usefulness" of a group of countries working on a strategy to end the fighting in Afghanistan, saying he will review the UN's approach to the Afghan…

The United Nations humanitarian assessment missions conducted over the weekend have brought back a clearer picture of the level of destruction in East Timor, a UN spokesman said in New York today. In the town of Manatuto - previously home to…

Ross Mountain, the Humanitarian Coordinator, is still in Dili. We are not sure of when Mr. Mountain will return to Darwin. He is on a helicopter reconnaissance trip today. Mr. Mountain participated briefly in the reconnaissance trip to Baucau…

Both East and West Timor continue to present grave problems for the people of East Timor, displaced by violence beginning 5 September following free elections overwhelmingly approving independence for East Timor. Though UNICEF was also forced to evacuate East Timor in…

Using two Hercules C-130 transport planes chartered from the Indonesian Air Force, UNICEF delivered 28 tonnes of baby food, tents, jerry cans and water tanks to Kupang, West Timor on Sunday. It was UNICEF's third large delivery of relief…

HR/CN/99/70 Requests Secretary-General to Create International Commission of Inquiry; Indonesia, Others Opposed in Roll-Call Vote The Commission on Human Rights this evening wrapped up a special session on the situation in East Timor by adopting -- through a roll-call vote -- a…