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Dili, 12 November 1999 -- "I'm very happy because this is something I am doing for my people," said Merce Petronela, a youthful nurse-midwife. She was looking tired, though, at the end of an evening vaccination session at a…

East Timor To date, the World Food Program (WFP) has delivered 11,600 MT of food in East Timor, enough for three months. In the last month, WFP has distributed 3,000 MT of food in coordination with its non-governmental organization (NGO)…

Jakarta (dpa) - At least 294 displaced East Timorese have died since early October from diseases in refugee camps in Indonesian West Timor, and officials fear the death toll could rise further, the state-run Antara news agency reported Friday. The…

Indonesian army officials today informed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that they would deploy troops at one of the agency's camps to allow staff to begin repatriation of some 7,000 refugees. The UN refugee agency had been…

by Martha Thompson I. INTRODUCTION Many East Timorese were jubilant on Oct. 19 when the Indonesian parliament recognized East Timor's independence, but the more than 220,000 East Timorese in militia-controlled refugee camps in West Timor have had little to celebrate. Traumatized…

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 left Ron Redmond 1.…

A senior United Nations official today met with the leader of the Indonesian armed forces to discuss the militia's ongoing harassment of relief workers helping to repatriate people from West Timor. In a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, Ross Mountain, UN…

At a glance. UNHCR opens second land corridor for Timorese returnees as more than 2,000 refugees head home; third port to begin repatriation by boat from West Timor. Hundreds of refugees arrive at East Timor's Ambeno enclave one day after Indonesian…

West Timor: The Humanitarian Coordinator a.i., Ross Mountain, met today in Jakarta with the Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces, Admiral Widodo, who confirmed the policy of the Indonesian Government to fully support the voluntary return of East Timorese. The…

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…