Reports

Dili, 21 September 2000 NCC APPROVES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE The National Consultative Council today approved a Regulation on Transitional Rules of Criminal Procedure for East Timor. However, where there are gaps in this new code, the Indonesian Code of Criminal Procedure…

The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today welcomed the arrest of six persons suspected of participating in the 6 September attack in Atambua, West Timor, in which three UN personnel were murdered. In a…

The United Nation's refugee agency said today it had scaled back its operations in Jakarta after three of its foreign staff were killed in West Timor and a spate of bombings in the capital. Most of the UN High…

Yesterday, a joyful reconciliation between Muslims and Christians was rocked by two bomb blasts. By Dan Murphy, Special to The Christian Science Monitor Sift through the rubble of Waai, a once-vibrant seaside town famous for its sacred eels and emerald waters,…

Press Release: Brussels (20-09-2000) Press: 321 - Nr: 11425/00, P 135/00 Timor : Current state of violence and insecurity The EU remains deeply concerned with the current state of violence and insecurity in West Timor and its negative impact on East Timor,…

An envoy of the Government of Indonesia has announced that his country plans to disarm the militias in West Timor using "persuasive and repressive" means. In a private meeting late yesterday afternoon, the Council heard a briefing by Indonesian Special…

(New York, September 20, 2000) Human Rights Watch today urged Indonesia's donors to delay an annual donor conference until the Indonesian government takes effective action against militia violence in West Timor. The Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), convened by the…

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Red Cross said on Tuesday it was receiving no food to feed 120,000 East Timorese refugees living in squalid camps on the West Timor border despite promises by Jakarta to send desperately-needed supplies. Petrus Ribero, head…

A return to Betun and Atambua is in the pipeline for JRS workers in West Timor. JRS personnel in these areas evacuated to Dili and from there, to Kupang via Denpasar, after rampaging militias killed three UNHCR workers in…

Dili, 18 September 2000 SRSG MEETS INDONESIAN ATHORITIES, U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY SRSG Sergio Vieira de Mello today received assurances from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs that a concrete plan to disarm the militias and…