Reports

Police in Indonesia's largest port city of Surabaya have tightened security to stop a Muslim jihad army sailing to the strife torn eastern Maluku Islands. Seven people have died in the island capital, Ambon, in two days of renewed fighting…

Education: The UNICEF/OXFAM sponsored Teacher Training Programme is scheduled to commence during the first week of May in Dili. The workshop aims to train 30 teachers, who after completing the two-week training course, will return to the 13 districts to…

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…

The Indonesian army will later this year begin to map the country's border area between West and East Timor. The mapping will be conducted by the army's topography directorat. Army spokesman, Brigadier General Budi Triarso says although the map would not…

SC/6850 Steady progress had been made in East Timor over the past month, with security on the border with the Indonesian province of West Timor remaining generally stable, and even improving, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hedi Annabi, told the Security…

General: The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Rehabilitation, Mr. Akira Takahashi, traveled to Viqueque today (25 April) in the eastern part of the island. Meetings were held with the District Administrator and his staff,…

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…

Commission on Human Rights 56th session - 25 April 2000 - Afternoon Also Approves Measures on Minorities, Internally Displaced Persons, Female Migrant Workers, Mass Exoduses and Indigenous Peoples The Commission on Human Rights called this afternoon for all parties to the conflict…

Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesia began on Tuesday what was reportedly the largest humanitarian operation in its history in the devastated Moluccas islands, as the vice president arrived there to make a second attempt to stop clashes between Moslems and…

Background In January 1999 inter-communal violence broke out in Ambon, South Maluku Province. Since then, the violence has spread throughout the islands of the Moluccas, killing hundreds, displacing hundreds of thousands and causing widespread destruction. Order has not yet been restored…