THE CRISIS in East Timor penetrated the headlines of the U.S. media only after tens of thousands of people fled street violence in the capital of Dili and the government invited nearby Australia to ...

GENEVA, Dec. 30 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency today (Monday) said East Timorese who fled to West Timor amid the violence that followed the 1999 pro-independence referendum will formally cease to be ...

DILI, Sept. 18 (UNHCR) - Supporters of anti-independence militia groups were among two groups of East Timorese refugees who have returned from West Timor since September 10. "The return of these ...

Almost ten years ago, UN representative Sergio Vieira de Mello was killed in Iraq. His earlier work deserves to be remembered. In 1999, the United Nations officially established a peacekeeping mission ...

On April 17, 1999, before his house was destroyed, before his eyes were permanently shaded by sorrow, Manuel Carrascalao stood in his driveway and said goodbye to his son. He was on his way to the ...

East Timor's independence success story is not as successful as everyone had thought. Many, including current Defense Minister Jose Ramos Horta, are asking the U.N. to help this infant nation make it ...