Reports

There have been tensions with recent gunfire being heard in Dili. However it appears to have been people shooting into the air as there have been no casualties reported in the hospital. The MSF staff in Dili are only…

Camps, Humanitarian Workers Still at the Mercy of Indonesian Militias (New York, September 23, 1999) -- Human Rights Watch today welcomed an agreement that would give staff of the UNHCR safe access to the violence- wracked refugee camps in West…

East Timor is slowly moving toward restored order in the wake of the violence which began on 5 September following free elections. UNICEF was forced to evacuate at that time, but with the arrival of a multi-national peace-keeping force,…

HR/CN/99/67 Human Rights Violations Condemned; Legitimacy of Session Questioned; High Commissioner for Human Rights, European Union Call for Commission of Inquiry The Commission on Human Rights this afternoon began a special session on the situation in East Timor as the High…

CONTACT: Franne Van der Keilen (410) 625-2220, ext. 3505 fvander@catholicrelief.org Tom Price (410) 625-2220, ext. 3615 tprice@catholicrelief.org Kupang, West Timor, September 23, 1999 The first shipment of emergency food aid sent by Catholic Relief Services has reached the West Timorese…

Humanitarian response: In a statement issued late yesterday, the Secretary-General said the killing in East Timor of journalist Sander Thoenes "underscores the dangers facing INTERFET in restoring peace and security, and the urgency of obtaining access for humanitarian relief to reach…

Humanitarian Emergency Since the announcement of the ballot results in Dili on 4 September 1999, tens of thousands of East Timorese and non-East Timorese have left East Timor, mainly for West Timor but also to other islands. They have joined…

(New York, September 23, 1999) -- Human Rights Watch today will urge the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, meeting in emergency session in Geneva, to establish a high-profile commission of inquiry to investigate human rights abuses in East Timor. "It…

Humanitarian response: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Preparations are underway to establish a joint OCHA/UNHCR sub-office in Kupang, West Timor that will coordinate ongoing efforts by relief agencies to address the needs of the displaced in…

Press Release SG/SM/7143 - 19990922 The following was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General was deeply shocked to learn this morning of the murder, in East Timor, of Sander Thoenes, an outstanding…