Rapports

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…

Using two Hercules C-130 transport planes chartered from the Indonesian Air Force, UNICEF delivered 28 tonnes of baby food, tents, jerry cans and water tanks to Kupang, West Timor on Sunday. It was UNICEF's third large delivery of relief…

HR/CN/99/70 Requests Secretary-General to Create International Commission of Inquiry; Indonesia, Others Opposed in Roll-Call Vote The Commission on Human Rights this evening wrapped up a special session on the situation in East Timor by adopting -- through a roll-call vote -- a…

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…

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…

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…

News Service 178/99 - AI INDEX: ASA 21/166/99 24 September 1999 As the international peace-keeping force arrives in East Timor, tens of thousands of forcibly displaced East Timorese are at risk of serious human rights violations throughout Indonesia, Amnesty International said…