Rapports

Timor - Update Despite the tragic shooting of a New Zealand UN peacekeeper by militia infiltrators yesterday, Monday (the UN's first combat fatality in East Timor), some 300 East Timorese refugees will return from Betun to Suai with IOM assistance…

Dili, 25 July 2000 PEACEKEEPER KILLED IN BORDER ATTACK A New Zealand soldier from the Peacekeeping Force was killed yesterday North-West of Suai, Cova Lima district, near the border with West Timor, following an incident with an armed group. The soldier,…

The East Timorese NGO community is still quite young. Under the Indonesian occupation, they worked in difficult and dangerous conditions. During the violence, many of the NGO members hid in the hills from the militias. As soon as the international…

Janet Sawaya, Mercy Corps' Civil Society Program Manager based in Ambon, Indonesia, today reported desperation among the victims of the conflict raging on the island. Many thousands of people have fled their homes. Up to 80% of the population…

Dili, 21 July 2000 SECOND MEETING OF CABINET At its second meeting yesterday, the East Timorese Cabinet agreed to appoint Mr. Mari Alkatiri and Mr. Peter Galbraith to the Ministerial Council for the Zone of Cooperation in the Timor Gap.…

Returns: The total number of organised and spontaneous returns recorded by UNHCR on the 18th July stands at 167,062. In the past week 940 persons were assisted back to East Timor, 695 by sea and 239 by land from West…

TIMOR - UPDATE - Over the past week IOM has assisted only 380 East Timorese refugees to return home. Yesterday IOM assisted 181 people to cross the border at Batugade. On Tuesday the IOM-operated ship, the Patricia Anne Hotung…

The Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA) has urged the Indonesian Government to seek international help to establish a Humanitarian Peace Corridor in Maluku to enable humanitarian workers to provide essential food and medical care to the hundreds of…

Period covered: 27 June to 17 July 2000While there have been some delays in procurement due to the slow confirmation of several major outstanding pledges, it is expected that the Indonesian Red Cross (Pelang Merah Indonesia…

JAKARTA (July 19) XINHUA - As many as 547 East Timorese refugees have died due to several reasons in their camps in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara Province from September 1999 until May 2000, a report reaching here said Wednesday. "Data…