Reports

Dili, East Timor (dpa) - Australian peacekeepers in East Timor exchanged gunfire with pro-Jakarta militia infiltrators near the border with Indonesian West Timor, a U.N. military official said Sunday. An Australian army spokesman in the southwest town of Suai said the…

Timor - Update After the events of last week and the closure of our West Timor offices, IOM is currently discussing with the Government of Indonesia, UN agencies and others, the security prerequisites needed to restart repatriations to East Timor.…

Security: It has been a relatively quiet reporting period in East Timor, following last week's savage attack on the three UNHCR aid workers across the border in Atambua. There were a few reports of militia sightings in Bobonaro and Manufahi…

Against the background of a deteriorating security situation in West Timor, the United Nations Security Council today announced that it planned to discuss the issue privately with a special envoy dispatched to New York by the Indonesian Government. Ambassador Moctar…

World Vision offers security training to staff working in global hot spots LOS ANGELES - The deaths of three foreign aid workers, including an American citizen, by an angry mob in West Timor underscore the need for humanitarian organizations to…

More than 500 people attended a memorial service today in Dili, East Timor, to honour the three United Nations relief workers who had been killed last week in Atambua, Indonesia. The service, held at the Dili Cathedral, attracted Timorese citizens…

By Judy Aita ,Washington File United Nations Correspondent United Nations -- The international community must take action to prevent violence from returning to East and West Timor, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke said September 13. Commenting on the murder…

Indonésie (Sumatra, Moluques et Timor) : aide humanitaire d'urgence en faveur des victimes des tremblements de terre et des réfugiés La Commission européenne a approuvé une décision de 2 millions d'euros au titre de l'aide humanitaire en faveur des…

TIMOR - UPDATE - Two IOM-chartered planes left Dili last night with international and local staff from various international organizations who had been evacuated from Atambua to East Timor last week. The two flights carried 97 and 72 passengers…

At a glance A total of 462 workers of UN agencies and international relief organizations have been evacuated from West Timor since the attack by pro-Indonesian militias on Wednesday against UNHCR in the border town of Atambua. Five days after…