Reports

The Catholic aid agency CAFOD is calling on Britain to push for international economic assistance to Indonesia to be conditional on Jakarta ending violence in West Timor and other parts of Indonesia. In letters to the Rt Hon Clare Short MP,…

AI Index: ASA 21/047/2000 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch today warned that the Indonesian government's failure to address a rapidly deteriorating security situation in Aceh is leading to a huge increase in human rights violations. "Abductions, torture, and unlawful killings are taking…

S/2000/899 Letter dated 25 September 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to inform you regarding the follow-up to the…

NO. 50 /PR/IX/00 Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab will return to New York on October 11-12 to brief the United Nations Security Council and the Secretary General on the progress the Indonesian government has made in implementation of the UN Security…

Dili, 25 September 2000 SRSG expresses frustration over disarmament process SRSG Sergio Vieira de Mello expressed frustration today over the process of disarming the militia in West Timor, describing it as "pathetic." "But is was not a surprise," he added before leaving…

ROME - The World Food Programme today expressed its strong concern about security in the Indonesian province of West Timor and appealed to the Government of Indonesia to take all appropriate measures to restore the conditions that would allow…

The International Federation for East Timor (IFET) today urged the World Bank to postpone the upcoming meeting of the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI). In a letter to James D. Wolfensohn, President of the bank, IFET said the meeting…

Addis Ababa The body of Samson Gezahegn, an Ethiopian UNHCR staff who was killed earlier this month in West Timor by pro-Indonesia militia opposed to the independence of East Timor, was buried Thursday in Addis Ababa. He was buried in…

Security: The security situation in East Timor remains calm. In Sector West and Sector East further sightings of militia groups have taken place over the last week, with a first contact between the Portuguese Battalion and one these groups in…

Sitrep 1 CARE foodstuffs moved by the police from warehouse in Atambua. On Tuesday, (19/09/00) militiamen warned the owner of CARE's warehouse that unless its contents were handed over to them they would take them by force the following day. A…