Reports

Before the ballot In the leadup to the vote, Community Aid Abroad worked with local counterparts to distribute food and medicine to internal refugees and others in need. Several relief convoys were attacked, but relief got through to those in…

AKRON, Pa. - Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has given $15,000 Cdn./$10,000 U.S. to an Indonesian Mennonite effort to help people displaced by violence in East Timor and Ambon. At their recent general assembly, members of Muria Christian (Mennonite) Churches of…

Following today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, David McLachlan-Karr, acting head of the Asia-Latin America section of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), briefed reporters on the current state of humanitarian operations in East…

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 The High Commissioner…

In spite of the risks involved, Captain Mike Olsen (Emergency Services Coordinator, IHQ) has travelled around West Timor to assess the refugee camps in operation and discover if there is any way in which The Salvation Army can help. The…

World Food Programme Brief on WFP's Response to the Crisis in East Timor Overall response WFP's recently approved Emergency Operation 6175 will provide food assistance to 150,000 internally displaced persons for two months. A total of 4,488 tons of commodities will…

More food aid has arrived in Darwin for desperate East Timorese who face starvation in the mountains near Dili, but it may be the weekend before it is sent. Another plane-load of emergency rations touched down yesterday to add to…

Australia will lead a peacekeeping force approved by the United Nations yesterday. Shawn Donnan, Special to The Christian Science Monitor SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - The deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force in East Timor as soon as this weekend - led by Australian…

The situation The tension is palpable on the streets of Atambua, as militias are roaming the streets and people remain concerned for their safety. However, the local military have instructed the militias not to carry arms on the streets. So…

Community Aid Abroad welcomes the authorisation by the United Nations security council of a multinational force to restore peace in East Timor. However it remains gravely concerned about more than 100,000 people who remain in refugee camps in West…