Rapports

Sounding the Century Lecture By Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights London, 23 September 1999 Ladies and Gentlemen, The theme of this evening's lecture "Meeting the Challenge of Human Rights" could not be more timely. Human rights belong centre…

by USC Canada Staff FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - USC Canada today sent the enclosed statement from the 54th Annual General Meeting of USC Canada to the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Foreign Affairs urging him to use all his influence…

The Australia Council for Overseas Aid has welcomed efforts by Indonesians living in Australia to assist the humanitarian relief effort in East Timor. 'Despite the complex political position in which they are placed, a large number of Indonesians resident in…

Background While large population displacements have taken place within East Timor, it is estimated that approximately 200,000 people were displaced outside of East Timor as a result of the events which followed the announcement of the outcome of the popular…

News Service 181/99 AI INDEX: ASA 21/169/99 News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International Following the adoption of a resolution on East Timor by the Commission on Human Rights at its special session in Geneva , Amnesty International said…

This document is intended for public information purposes only. It is not an official UN document. At a glance East Timor still tense despite signs of normalisation. Aid operation in East Timor gathers momentum. UNHCR team visits West Timor. East Timor East Timor's capital Dili has…

By Tim Johnston ODOLGOMO CAMP, East Timor (Reuters) - A U.N. aerial survey of remote parts of East Timor found an empty, devastated landscape Sunday with many towns razed to the ground. The helicopter survey was carried out by relief workers…

Médecins du Monde-International est à nouveau présent au Timor. L'équipe, composée de trois personnes (un médecin, un anesthésiste, un logisticien) est arrivée à Dili le jeudi 22 septembre. Elle est renforcée par une équipe chirurgicale (un chirurgien, un anesthésiste, une…

Oxfam International (Community Aid Abroad in Australia), is responding to the urgent need for clean water by chartering a DC8 plane from Great Britain, carrying 28 tonnes of urgent water supply equipment for dispatch to Dili, East Timor. The…

Before the ballot In the leadup to the vote, Community Aid Abroad worked with local counterparts to distribute food and medicine to internal refugees and others in need. Several relief convoys were attacked, but relief got through to those in…