Reports

Community Aid Abroad is calling for the registration of refugees by Indonesian authorities, which began in West Timor this week, to be immediately halted. Government of Indonesia registration forms have been distributed in camps in West Timor asking people to…

(Prepared by the East Timor Representative a.i. of the Humanitarian Coordinator) Dili, East Timor General Situation: Following the announcement by INTERFET yesterday of the downgraded security risk on the road to Baucau, a first unescorted convoy was conducted today. The convoy comprised…

At a glance Further destruction found in East Timor Plans completed for first repatriation flight EAST TIMOR On Thursday an inter-agency convoy travelled to the towns of Ermera and Gleno 60 kms southwest of Dili where aid workers, including two UNHCR staff, and…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) East Timor A large-scale inter-agency distribution of plastic sheeting, cooking utensils, blankets, soap, and other commodities is scheduled to take place over a three-day period,…

According to a report from the Office for the Coodination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the voluntary return of East Timorese, who have sheltered in West Timor, to East Timor will occur in three phases. Returnees arriving in Dili by plane The…

THE CARTER CENTER East Timor Observation Mission Contact in Darwin: Gillian Flies 61-431-781-468 or Brent Preston 61-413-781-469 E-mail: CCNDI@hotmail.com Contact in Atlanta: Deanna Congileo 404-420-5108 E-mail: dcongileo@emory.edu Atlanta, GA - Former U. S. President Jimmy Carter today expressed concern over the plight…

News Service 188/99 AI INDEX: ASA 21/181/99 East Timorese refugees in West Timor and other parts of Indonesia continue to be harassed, threatened and attacked by pro-integration militia, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. "The continued targeting and intimidation of…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed deep concern about Indonesia's plans to register East Timorese in West Timor without international involvement and supervision and demanded full access to the refugees. In the interest of the…

Dili, East Timor General Situation: The arrival of Bishop Bello in Dili took place with much attention from the media as well as from the population, but without any incidents. Crowds in the streets applauded as the vehicles carrying the…

Dili, 6 October 1999 - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has established a Liaison Office in the border town of Atambua, West Timor, to bring emergency assistance to thousands of East Timor refugees. Greg Fernandez, who ran UNICEF operations in…