Humanitarian aid for East Timor

Humanitarian aid for East Timor

We express our great concern about the fate of the people of
East Timor. Hundreds of thousands of East Timorese people are
displaced. Many of them took refuge in the mountains and the
jungles. These internally displaced people, most of them women
and children, are without food, without medical care and without
shelter. A major disaster of starvation might occur if immediate
humanitarian aid is denied to these people.

We therefore strongly appeal to the government of Indonesia
and the military to allow humanitarian organizations to start
relief operations within East Timor immediately and to guarantee
their safety and security.

FRANS VAN DIJK

Regional Director

Terre des Hommes

Netherlands