Rapports

29 September -- In a follow-up to the agreements reached yesterday during the ministerial meeting chaired by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UN officials today met with the Indonesian delegation Amb. Jamsheed Marker headed by Foreign Minister Ali Alatas to discuss ways…

It is ironic that the East Timorese people, who voted for independence from Indonesia, are now at the mercy of a government that has forced them into its own territory, only to continue terrorising them - Amnesty International The following…

UNICEF has been rapidly reestablishing its presence in East Timor after evacuating following the post-election violence there in early September. With the arrival of a Multinational Force in East Timor, UNICEF has been delivering increasing amounts of vital humanitarian aid.The…

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY FRED ECKHARD SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL UN HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK Wednesday, September 29, 1999 - From West Timor, UNHCR reports that one of its staff members Wednesday left Kupang for the eastern town of…

AT A GLANCE Thousands return to Dili Aid effort gathers momentum UNHCR tries to reach camps in West Timor EAST TIMOR Amid scenes of jubilation more and more inhabitants of Dili are returning from the hills where they have been in hiding for…

Mr. Numata: On East Timor, we dispatched a mission to Jakarta, West Timor and East Timor to study the situation on the ground. This mission was first headed by Director-General Hideaki Ueda of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, and then…

SAG/58 - 19990928 ROME, 28 September (FAO) -- Since the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Special Alert on East Timor earlier this month, the deployment of United Nations peace enforcement forces has brought uneasy calm to Dili, the capital, but…

MSF is preparing for increased refugee needs in East Timor as well as working in camps in West Timor for the refugees. The outlying islands have also been part of MSF concern as many IDPs have found shelter off…

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Ross Mountain, has advised relief agencies to make every effort to launch operations in Baucau, which as mentioned yesterday, will be the distribution centre for the eastern part of the island. Mr. Mountain will travel…

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…