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Press Release SC/6745 - 19991025 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1272 (1999), Council Authorizes Strength of 1,600 Police, 9,000 Military Troops The Security Council this morning established the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) for an initial period…

S/RES/1272 (1999) 25 October 1999 RESOLUTION 1272 (1999) Adopted by the Security Council at its 4057th meeting, on 25 October 1999 The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions and the statements of its President on the situation in East Timor, in particular resolutions…

Return by sea from West Timor to East Timor Returns by sea from West Timor to East Timor are gathering momentum. Since the first return movement on 21 October, IOM chartered "KM Lambelu" has returned 5,955 East Timorese from Kupang (West…

Ministère de la Défense - Délégation à l'Information et à la COmmunication de la Défense Paris, le 22 octobre 1999 - ETAT-MAJOR DES ARMEES Au Timor oriental, le transport de chaland de débarquement (TCD) Siroco intégré au dispositif français…

Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 Date: October 22, 1999 JAKARTA, INDONESIA--As the rainy season threatens the lives of displaced Timorese living in low lying makeshift camps in West Timor, the Adventist Development and…

General: East Timorese separatist leader Xanana Gusmao returned to Dili yesterday night, and appeared in public for the first time in Dili today. He will give a press conference tomorrow morning, followed by a brief address to UNAMET staff.…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) East Timor On October 15, a helicopter reconnaissance mission traveled to Viqueque. Only 2,000 of the town's original 64,000 inhabitants had returned. The team reports…

By Kurt Schork DILI, East Timor, Oct 22 (Reuters) - About 2,000 refugees returned to East Timor by boat on Friday as the pace of U.N.-assisted repatriations from Indonesian-controlled West Timor accelerated. "This is a lot of work but it's one of…

ACT starts relief operation in East Timor Geneva, October 22, 1999 -Today ACT has shipped two vehicles from Darwin, Australia to Dili in East Timor. With the two vehicles expected to be in place by coming Tuesday, ACT member churches and…

The situation East Timor remains calm TNI have withdrawn from some Displaced Peoples' sites in West Timor which leaves some militia without firearms Repatriation continues: 750 deportees moved across the border and arrived in Maliana on Wednesday; 2,000 people arrived in…