Reports

Road and Transport Conditions Alert: The prolonged rainy season, years of inadequate maintenance and vehicle loads too heavy for road conditions continue to take their toll on roads in East Timor, severely hampering deliveries and threatening to bring to a…

There is a continuing need to return displaced people in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of displaced people is…

Dili, 11 May 2000 UN MILITARY OBSERVER DIES OF SUSPECTED MALARIA A UN military observer from Malaysia died in a Darwin hospital this morning after being admitted a week ago with symptoms of malaria. The final medical report on the cause…

For Immediate Release Contact: John M. Miller (718)-596-7668; john@etan.org Karen Orenstein, (202)544-6911 A delegation recently returned from a fact-finding mission to East Timorese refugee camps in West Timor found that East Timorese refugees remain under threat from militia leaders and members of the…

From WEEKLY NEWS 19/00 The International Federation is launching an appeal to assist more than 4,000 Indonesian families, seriously affected by the earthquake which hit the eastern part of Sulawesi and neighbouring islands last week. The tremor, which measured 7.3…

Dili, 10 May 2000 Indonesian fishermen in East Timorese waters Seven Indonesian fishermen with 16 self made bottles of explosives were detained on Monday in East Timorese waters in Tutuala, Lautem District. The fishermen were questioned by the Korean Battalion, and explained that…

Jakarta (dpa) - Some 30,000 people left homeless by a deadly earthquake in central Indonesia last week continue to face acute shortages of drinking water, medicine and treatment as the death toll rose to 46, according to local reports…

Returns: The total number of organised and spontaneous returns into East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia, Macau and Australia now stands at over 160,854 returns. Over the past few days returns continue to be very low…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below left Kris Janowski 1. Guinea/Sierra…

There is a continuing need to return displaced people in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of displaced people is…