UNHCR seeks help from TNI

UNHCR seeks help from TNI

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking the help of the Indonesian Military (TNI) to contact the guardians of East Timorese Indonesian children in East Nusa Tenggara who have been separated from their parents.

"The UNHCR has written us a letter, complete with the names of 11 East Timorese Indonesian children who have been separated from their parents in the wake of the violence in East Timor in 1999. They have asked for our help to find their guardians in East Nusa Tenggara," Commander of Wirasakti Military Resort Col. Moeswarno Moesanip, said here Thursday.

The UNHCR made the request after it received the power of attorney from their parents who now live in the capital of newly independent East Timor, Dili, he said.

He said the local security authorities had no objections to the UNHCR's request. --Antara