[19991105]RS20360_东帝汶： Humanitarian Emergency and International Assistance.pdf

1For information on this crisis, see CRS report RS20332, East Timor Crisis: U.S. Policy andOptions. For information on the U.S. military role, see CRS Issue Brief 94040, Peacekeeping:Issues of U.S. Military Involvement.2This report draws on information from several web sites which provide daily updates on thesituation in East Timor. These include web sites of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees(www.unhcr.ch/news/media/timor/latest.htm) and the United Nations Relief Web(www.reliefweb.int). U.S. assistance reports, voluntary agency activities, press coverage, and U.N.situation reports are all available on the Reliefweb site. Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20360Updated November 5, 1999East Timor: Humanitarian Emergency andInternational Assistance(name redacted)Foreign Affairs AnalystForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryFollowing a vote for independence from Indonesia on August 30, violence andproperty destruction by anti-independence militias forced many East Timorese from theirhomes.1 Failure by the Indonesian military to contain the violence finally forced theIndonesian governmen