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01 Jan 2000

Indonesia
Bali Indonesia - Clickable Map

Map

— Balifolder

Map links to Bali city maps of Denpasar, Kuta, Sanur and Ubud.

31 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
UNTAET Humanitarian Pillar - Situation Report: East Timor Crisis 18-31Dec 1999

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— UN Transitional Administration in East Timor

General: During the past two weeks, humanitarian agencies have continued to work on the basis of the six main priorities identified in the Inter-Agency Consolidated Appeal. Through the coordination structure first established by OCHA, which has been incorporated into the UNTAET Humanitarian Pillar, agencies have sought to: 1) facilitate the voluntary return of East Timorese from West Timor and other locations; 2) ensure food security through distributions and seeds and tools programmes; 3) provide a rudimentary health care network; 4) ensure potable water in areas where the water system

30 Dec 1999

Angola + 6 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 51 of 1999

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— World Food Programme

This report includes: A) Venezuela - floods B) Indonesia - East Timor C) Angola D) Sudan E) East Africa: Burundi and Tanzania.
From Jean-Jacques Graisse, Assistant Executive Director. Available on the Internet on the WFP Home Page at http://www.wfp.org/ or by electronic mail from Deborah.Hicks@wfp.org or Natasha.Nadazdin@wfp.org (fax 39 06 6513 2854). For information on resources, donors are requested to contact Aleesa.Blum@wfp.org or Marius.deGaayFortman@wfp.org at WFP Rome, telephone 39 06 6513 2004 or 06 6513 2250. The address of WFP is Via Cesare

30 Dec 1999

Indonesia
Malukus: MSF alarmed by imminent collapse of health system

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— MSF

Jakarta, Indonesia December 30th - The religious conflict in the Malukus (Christian vs. Muslim) is spreading and engulfing ever greater areas and island populations. Given the escalating level of violence and lack of resolve or capacity on the part of the authorities to prevent or stop it, MSF is now extremely worried that the vulnerable population mostly concentrated in camps will very soon be left totally unprotected and isolated.
Today, a significant percentage of the population no longer has access to healthcare. This is most notable in

29 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Shots fired along ETimor, West Timor border: Interfet

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DILI, East Timor, Dec 29 (AFP) - International peacekeepers fired warning shoots Wednesday along the border with Indonesian West Timor to force a group of Indonesian soldiers to stop firing close to civilians, a statement by the peacekeepers said.

The incident took place near the village of Memo when a patrol from the International Force for East Timor (Interfet) saw "two TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers on the West Timor side" who "appeared to be firing close to civilians," it said.

"Interfet soldiers observing this

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

23 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) in East Timor

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By Michael Elmquist, Chief, Military and Civil Defence Unit, Disaster Response Branch, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva
PREFACE

In September 1999, at the request of the Humanitarian Coordinator for the East Timor Crisis, Mr. Ross Mountain, I had the exceptional privilege of being responsible for the establishment of Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) 1/ functions in East Timor. I have written this account of the situation in order to preserve some of the lessons learned and, for what it is worth, to provide a source of

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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23 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Reports of starvation in East Timor denied by UN and aid agencies

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— UN Department of Public Information

Humanitarian experts with the UN mission in East Timor today denied reports that 20 people had died of starvation in the Manatuto area over the last week, the spokesman for the Secretary-General told journalists at Headquarters.
The deaths were reported by independence leader, Jose Ramos Horta, and were carried by international news agencies, the spokesman added.

But UN officials and representative of CARE International and Asistencia Medica Internacional (AMI) visited the area on Thursday and concluded there had been no deaths from hunger. AMI runs a mobile clinic in Manatuto.

23 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
East Timorese take charge

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— MSF

Dili, 23 December 1999 - Each day, hundreds of refugees still return from West Timor many needing medical attention for malaria, diarrhea, chest infections and other ailments. They will continue to receive assistance upon arrival, but now it will be in a new site with a team of a Timorese doctor and nurses.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) brought in international emergency medical teams to start consulting as soon as security allowed in September. From the beginning, they have been working closely with Timorese health professionals and providing on-the-job training.

22 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Timor Activity Update: 22 Dec 1999

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There is a need to return the remaining East Timorese displaced in West Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia to their communities of origin in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of displaced persons is the responsibility of IOM by agreement and in close co-operation with UNHCR.
Summary

Today, IOM repatriated by air and land a total of 580 East Timorese. One land convoy from Atambua (WT) to Batugade (ET) took place, with IOM providing transportation to 363 East Timorese

International Organization for Migration:

22 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Pro-Indonesian militia intimidates Timor refugees: UN

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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 (AFP) - Pro-Indonesian militia members continue to intimidate East Timor refugees in an effort to dissuade them from returning home, a senior UN official said Wednesday.

The return of the refugees, housed in temporary encampments in West Timor, remains a priority, said the UN's second-in-command of peacekeeping operations, Hedi Annabi.

Speaking to the UN Security Council, Annabi said that despite Jakarta's agreement to the return of the refugees on November 20, "there has been no increase of the rate of return."

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22 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
ADB Participates In Trust Fund For East Timor, Boosts Water Supply For West Timor

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— Asian Development Bank

News Release No. 140/99

The Asian Development Bank is participating in a reconstruction trust fund with the World Bank for East Timor. The fund will be used to rebuild sectors such as infrastructure, agriculture, health, education and macro-economics.

The fund will be administered by the World Bank and the ADB will participate in the preparation, appraisal and supervision of projects. The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and East Timorese representatives will be responsible for approving and implementing projects.

East Timor, whose infrastructure was

Asian Development Bank:

22 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Militia grenade blast wounds seven in Timor border area

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DILI, East Timor, Dec 22 (AFP) - Seven people were wounded after a suspected member of a pro-Indonesian militia threw a hand grenade in the border area between East and West Timor, a spokesman for the international peace force here said.

Colonel Mark Kelly said that the grenade blast took place in Indonesian-controlled West Timor across the border from the East Timorese border village of Nemo on Monday.

Kelly said people in a market got involved in an argument. People there identified one of the persons involved in the dispute as being a suspected members of the militia.

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22 Dec 1999

Angola + 17 others
Report on the Nutrition Situation of Refugees and Displaced Populations - Issue No. 29

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— UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

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HIGHLIGHTS
Angola. Government offensives in the Central Highlands have resulted in new displacement and subsequent humanitarian needs. Very high prevalences of malnutrition have once more been re-ported in Malange among children and also adults, and thus the situation has not improved since the last survey in June and affects both IDPs and the resident population.

21 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
For E. Timor, half a billion to build a nation

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— Christian Science Monitor

Donors pledge funds Friday to rebuild, but success depends on cohesion in the half-island territory.

Cameron W. Barr, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

TOKYO - For the people of East Timor, which is set to become the first new nation of the next millennium, the check is in the mail.

Last week here in Tokyo, some two dozen nations pledged more than $522 million over the next three years to help the East Timorese build an economy, set up a government, and get ready for independence.

If the United Nations were to hand out

21 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Timor Activity Update: 21 Dec 1999

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Today, IOM repatriated by air a total of 97 East Timorese. There were no land convoys today, but a large convoy is being organised to take place tomorrow 22 December, the last movement

International Organization for Migration:

20 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Timor Activity Update: 20 Dec 1999

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Today, IOM repatriated by land and sea a total of 933 people to East Timor

A total of 398 refugees were repatriated by land from Laktutus (WT) to Fato Mean (ET) with 22 IOM leased trucks.

International Organization for Migration:

19 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Militias remain in West Timor but their power is fading

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by Ian Timberlake

ATAMBUA, Indonesia, Dec. 19 (AFP) - One week after the commander of pro-Indonesian militias ordered his forces to disband, militias remain present here but their power is fading, aid workers say.

"I think the militia are facing an identity crisis about their future, whether or not the government of Indonesia will continue to support them. So the cohesiveness of this group has become weaker," Quang Bui, senior protection officer for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told AFP here on Saturday.

Father Benjamin Joseph Bria, Catholic

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17 Dec 1999

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 4 others
UNHCR Briefing Notes: Chechnya/Georgia, Timor, Refugees from DR Congo

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees

1. Chechnya/Georgia
Since last Friday, UNHCR has evacuated by helicopter some 1,200 Chechen refugees from a remote mountain village of Shatili in Georgia, on the southern slopes of the Caucasus, just across the border from Chechnya, to villages in the Pankisi valley in the Akhmeta region of north-eastern Georgia. The arrival of the 1,200 brings the total number of Chechen refugees in Georgia to 5,000 - virtually all of them accommodated in the Pankisi valley. The air-bridge - organised with the help of the Georgian border guards - is now completed. The evacuated group

17 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
East Timor Crisis: Current Situation - Week ending 17 Dec 1999

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— Oxfam

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
The World Bank has called a meeting of more than twenty countries in Tokyo this week to discuss the reconstruction of East Timor. Oxfam sent a representative to East Timor in the leadup to the meeting to coordinate and consult with local and international non- government organisations working in East Timor on needs of the East Timorese. Oxfam's representatives will focus in the meeting on the need for both quantity and quality of aid, as well as on the impact of aid on the East Timorese community. Oxfam wants to ensure that aid is appropriate to the

17 Dec 1999

Indonesia + 1 other
Timor Activity Update: 17 Dec 1999

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