Rapports

Note: The Dili-based Yayasan HAK (Human Rights Foundation) is the main East Timorese human rights organization (A note on the conduct of international NGOs and UN institutions in post-referendum Timor Lorosa'e) "Here there is no luxurious house, bar to drink beer, discotheque,…

On the island of Timor - one half in Indonesia and the other half being the new country of East Timor - Catholic Relief Services is assisting refugees living in West Timor camps as well as people in East…

General: The two most under-serviced areas in East Timor remain the Ambeno enclave and Ainaro district. Although several NGOs, UN Agencies and the ICRC continue to cover many needs in the food, health and shelter sectors, current humanitarian coverage is…

The United Nations says pro-Jakarta militias in West Timor are impeding the return of more than 100-thousand refugees to East Timor. It says the militias have also threatened personnel from the U-N High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR spokesman, Paul Stromberg, says the…

Contact: Pierre Habshi and Shep Lowman (202) 828-0110 or pierre@refintl.org Recent reports suggest that East Timorese militia leaders are softening their resistance to the return home of East Timorese. The numbers of returnees are climbing to about 1,000 per week, and…

General: During the past two weeks, humanitarian agencies have continued to work on the basis of the six main priorities identified in the Inter-Agency Consolidated Appeal. Through the coordination structure first established by OCHA, which has been incorporated into the…

Jakarta, Indonesia December 30th - The religious conflict in the Malukus (Christian vs. Muslim) is spreading and engulfing ever greater areas and island populations. Given the escalating level of violence and lack of resolve or capacity on the part…

Humanitarian experts with the UN mission in East Timor today denied reports that 20 people had died of starvation in the Manatuto area over the last week, the spokesman for the Secretary-General told journalists at Headquarters. The deaths were reported…

Dili, 23 December 1999 - Each day, hundreds of refugees still return from West Timor many needing medical attention for malaria, diarrhea, chest infections and other ailments. They will continue to receive assistance upon arrival, but now it will…

By Michael Elmquist, Chief, Military and Civil Defence Unit, Disaster Response Branch, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva PREFACE In September 1999, at the request of the Humanitarian Coordinator for the East Timor Crisis, Mr. Ross Mountain, I had…