UN agency resumes work in West Timor<\/p>\n
GENEVA (Agencies): The United Nations High Commission for
\nRefugees has resumed operations in West Timor after a six-day
\nsuspension that followed an attack on three of its workers by
\nmilitia members.<\/p>\n
The agency took its decision after Indonesian officials
\npromised a thorough investigation and said two of the men
\ninvolved in last week's attack had been arrested and will be
\ncharged in court.<\/p>\n
\"We were assured that measures will be taken to ensure the
\nsafety and security of aid workers in West Timor,\" spokesman Kris
\nJanowski said adding that \"UNHCR is satisfied with the way the
\nIndonesian authorities have dealt with this regrettable
\nincident\".<\/p>\n
But \"a just and lasting solution to the refugee problem\"
\ndepends on troublemakers being separated from other refugees, and
\nlaw and order being imposed in West Timor's sprawling refugee
\ncamps, he added.<\/p>\n
Three UNHCR workers were badly injured in the attack with
\nmachetes, clubs and stones last week.<\/p>\n
UNHCR suspended its operations, complaining that the
\nIndonesian military was doing nothing to stop militia gangs from
\nstaging attacks or from setting up roadblocks to prevent refugees
\nreturning from Indonesian West Timor to their homes in East
\nTimor.<\/p>\n
The Geneva-based agency is providing supplies to an estimated
\n125,000 East Timorese who remain in West Timor refugee camps.<\/p>\n
Nearly 170,000 have gone home since last year.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/un-agency-resumes-work-in-west-timor-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }