Reports

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Overview The rate of refugees returning from West Timor to East Timor remains low. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) attributes the…

General: Increasingly heavy rain is causing serious damage to roads and disrupting traffic in areas throughout the country. Several sections of the road from Dili to Aileu and Ainaro have been undercut and trucks in particular must travel with extreme…

There is an urgent need to return East Timorese displaced from West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin as quickly as possible. The safe and orderly…

General: Following a meeting at Batugade between INTERFET Commander, Major General Cosgrove, and Major General Kiki Syahnakri, Udayana Region Commander, UNTAET military liaison officers will redeploy to the following six crossing sites within the next 24-48 hours: Wini, Passabe, Bobameto,…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below Kris Janowski Chechnya High Commissioner Sadako…

Militia elements continue to prevent the repatriation to East Timor of as many as 140,000 refugees, who are virtually held hostage in West Timor. Since early November, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported several dozen…

Catholic Relief Services continues to assist thousands of people in East Timor and Indonesia. Although this situation is calming, there are still many needs. East Timor: To date, Catholic Relief Services, in coordination with Caritas Australia and Caritas East Timor, has…

General: With militia-initiated incidents now unlikely in Dili, the threat to security in the city has been reduced from medium to low. Beginning 3 December, Indonesian authorities have refused to allow UNTAET military liaison officers to operate across the border…

AT A GLANCE Medical team deploys in a West Timor refugee camp to check reports of an upsurge of illnesses resulting in deaths mainly among children in the midst of the rainy season. Indonesian military agrees to separate militias from refugees…