| OCTOBER |
FOR NEWS DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 25 OCTOBER 1999, SEE
The United Nations Temporary Administration in East Timor |
| Security Council establishes UN transitional administration in East Timor, 25 October 1999 |
| Secretary-General pledges quick action to set up transitional administration for East Timor, 25 October 1999 |
| Security Council sets up UN transitional administration in East Timor, 25 October 1999 |
| Remarks made by Xanana Gusmao Chairman, CNRT to the staff of UNAMET, Dili 23 October 1999 |
| In first trips by sea, some 2,000 displaced East Timorese return home from West Timor: UNHCR 22 October 1999 |
| Flow of East Timorese across border from West Timor comes to a halt: UNHCR. 21 October 1999 |
| Kofi Annan welcomes decision by Indonesian assembly to void law on integration of East Timor, 20 October 1999 |
| International troops discover 20 bodies in East Timor town, UN says. 19 October 1999 |
| UN refugee agency reports first large-scale spontaneous return of East Timorese., 19 October 1999 |
| UN in East Timor reports scores of refugees walking back to homes, 18 October 1999 |
| UN Human Rights Commissioner names members to the international inquiry panel on East Timor, 15 October 1999 |
| Indonesia grants UN refugee agency free and unimpeded access to East Timorese, 14 October 1999 |
| UNHCR to repatriate by land, 13 October 1999 |
| UN airlifts more East Timorese refugees home, 12 October 1999 |
| UN resumes airlifting East Timor refugees back to territory, 11 October 1999 |
| UN refugee agency begins airlift of 230,000 people back to East Timor, 8 October 1999 |
| UN relief efforts continue in East Timor as more destruction is found, 7 October 1999 |
| UN ready to return some displaced East Timorese to their homes, 6 October 1999 |
| UN kicks off massive food distribution operation in East Timor, 5 October 1999 |
| Secretary-General proposes UN transitional authority for East Timor, 5 October 1999 |
| Japan donates $100 million to East Timor multinational force 4 October 1999 |
| SEPTEMBER |
| East Timor capital braces for 100,000 returnees: UNHCR- 30 September 1999 |
| UN sets up international human rights inquiry into East Timor- 30 September 1999 |
| UN says more East Timorese will need help as thousands return to capital- 29 September 1999 |
| High-level talks continue at UN on efforts to restart civil society in East Timor- 29 September 1999 |
| Next steps in East Timor discussed in series of high-level meetings at UN Headquarters. - 28 September 1999 |
| UN will need $135 million for six-month relief effort in East Timor: report- 28 September 1999 |
| UN human rights body votes to set up a panel to probe abuses in East Timor- 28 September 1999 |
| UN refugee agency prepares for possible mass return of East Timorese- 28 September 1999 |
| UN agencies step up aid to East Timor as fuller scale of destruction emerges- 27 September 1999 |
| Witness accounts show pattern of forced displacement during East Timor violence: UNHCR- 24 September 1999 |
| UN mission finds wide destruction in East Timor towns- 23 September 1999 |
| UN human rights body calls special session on rights abuses in East Timor- 23 September 1999 |
| UN food agency air drops relief supplies to East Timorese- 22 September 1999 |
| Secretary-General shocked by murder of Financial Times journalist in East Timor- 22 September 1999 |