Rapports

Militia opposed to independence of East Timor attacked today the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in West Timor, killing at least three relief workers. Secretary-General Kofi Annan conveyed the tragic news to heads of State…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the Millennium Summit of world leaders on Wednesday by informing them of the death of at least three U.N. refugee staff in Indonesian West Timor, stabbed by armed gangs who…

Dili, 6 September 2000 THREE UNHCR STAFF KILLED IN WEST TIMOR Three international staff of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) were murdered in Atambua today at noon, following an attack by armed militias on the UNHCR office.…

The East Timor Action Network/U.S. called today's brutal murder of U.N. personnel in West Timor tragically preventable." These killings never should have happened. They stem directly from the failure of Indonesian authorities to keep repeated promises to stop militia violence…

(New York, September 6, 2000) Human Rights Watch said that the deaths today of at least three U.N. refugee aid workers in West Timor were directly attributable to the Indonesian government's failure to control the militias. "This would not -…

Oxfam aid workers have fled for their lives from the militias which reportedly killed 4 UNHCR workers in Atambua, West Timor, today. The four Oxfam staff were evacuated by the UN peacekeeping mission in East Timor, to a UN military…

Geneva, 6 September 2000 UNHCR is shocked and profoundly saddened by the deaths of three staff members in West Timor, High Commissioner Sadako Ogata said today. "Although we are still awaiting details on the tragic events in Atambua, we know that…

AI Index ASA 21/042/2000, News Service Nr. 171 Today's militia attack on UN staff in West Timor, Indonesia, which has reportedly left at least three people dead, was a tragedy waiting to happen, Amnesty International said. "Despite repeated attacks by militia against…

Below are excerpts from a message from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson on the occasion of the anniversary on 6 September of the massacre in Suai, East Timor, in which over 100 people were killed.…

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson The 4 September anniversary of East Timorese independence passed uneventfully in Kupang, despite threatened militia demonstrations. International staff from International Organizations and NGO's spent the day in a hotel, under a…