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DATE=1/28/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=UNICEF-TIMOR (L ONLY)
NUMBER=2-258544
BYLINE=BRECK ARDERY
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO:  The head of the United Nations Children's 
Fund, Carol Bellamy said today (Friday) that many of 
the refugees in West Timor are awaiting that start of 
the planting season before returning home to East 
Timor. VOA Correspondent Breck Ardery reports from the 
United Nations. 
TEXT:  Ms. Bellamy told reporters there has been no 
significant movement by about 100-thousand refugees in 
West Timor, part of Indonesia, to return to East 
Timor. Many observers say that is because the refugees 
are being intimidated and mis-led by pro-Indonesian 
militia groups operating in West Timor's refugee 
camps.
However, Ms. Bellamy, who has just returned from the 
region, says she learned there is another reason why 
many of the refugees are not coming back to East 
Timor.
            ///Bellamy act///
      There does not appear to be much moving back at 
      this point. The general sense among humanitarian 
      agencies is that, since the planting season has 
      passed, there is not much incentive to go back. 
      But there should be an additional, significant 
      flow of refugees (back to East Timor) a couple 
      of months from now.
            ///end act///
Ms. Bellamy says the U-N Children's Fund - UNICEF -- 
has been able to provide some basic services such as 
water, medicine and education in tent schools to the 
refugees in West Timor. While in Indonesia, Ms. 
Bellamy says she urged government leaders to increase 
spending on health and education programs.
She said conditions in East Timor remain rather harsh. 
With so much of the infrastructure destroyed, she 
noted, unemployment is a major problem. However, Ms. 
Bellamy says UNICEF and other humanitarian groups are 
providing a vaccination program for children and that, 
despite damaged schools, about 100-thousand East 
Timorese children are back in classes. (Signed)
 
NEB/UN/BA/LSF/ENE/PT 
28-Jan-2000 16:44 PM EDT (28-Jan-2000 2144 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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