Indonesia Today Vol. X no. 03 February 01, 2007 Индонезия Сегодня
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GLOBAL FORUM ENDS WITH ADOPTION OF 'SPIRIT OF BALI' DECLARATION
Denpasar - A three-day Bali Global Forum ended here on Tuesday (Jan 23) with the adoption of a "Spirit of Bali" declaration aimed at creating global peace through the media.
Participants of the meeting committed themselves to contributing to global peace through the media and information technology so as to promote mutual understanding and wide ranging dialogs, assistant to UNESCO Director General for Communication and Information Abdul Waheed Khan said.
"The world is facing a wide range of challenges in creating peace. For instance, in the past few decades, there have been endless wars, civil wars and escalation of domestic religious and ethnic tensions," Khan said.
The participants were worried that a number of internal and bilateral conflicts would lead to poverty and misery, putting peace-building efforts at risk, he said.
Only by means of sustainable information and knowledge exchanges through the so-called "freedom of thought by words and thoughts" as laid down in the UNESCO constitution could mutual understanding be promoted, he said.
According to the Spirit of Bali declaration, the peace and security built by mankind would increase the influence of the mass media and lead to the emergence of information means, he said.
He said the participants had long realized how important it was to exploit communication means to create peace.
To create peace, they underscored the need to involve children and youths in the peace-building efforts, he said.
The forum which was opened by Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Sunday was attended by hundreds of representatives from 43 countries.
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US GOVT TO ESTABLISH COOPERATION WITH PAPUA
Jayapura - The United States will establish cooperation with the Indonesian province of Papua in the fields of government administration, education, health and forestry.
US ambassador to Indonesia B Lynn Pascoe told newsmen here on Tuesday (Jan 23) after visiting the region for two days that his government would also help the province deal with HIV/AIDS cases.
He said he had come to the province to find out how much the US should give the province and discuss what further aid his government could give to Papua.
He said President George W Bush had pledged aid for the development of education when he visited Indonesia in 2003.
The aid for improving elementary education in Indonesia totalling US$1.57 million is allocated for 1,500 schools, he said.
He said that the most important thing was how to make the fund reach and enjoyed by the people in villages in Papua.
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RI TO STRIVE FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN REGIONAL COOPERATION
Jakarta - The Indonesian delegation to the first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Senior Officials Meeting (APEC SOM I) in Canberra, Australia, is to strive for improvements in regional cooperation to secure the national interest and to optimize APEC's function for the country, an official statement from the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra said on Tuesday (Jan 23).
According to the statement, Indonesia this year would assume a role in bilateral and regional management of corruption and tsunami among APEC member countries.
Issues such as regional economic integration, fuel oil supply security and APEC reform which were taken up by the leaders of APEC member countries in Hanoi, Vietnam, last year would also be discussed in the ongoing APEC SOM I in Canberra from Jan 22-27.
Over the weekend, the APEC members started to consider the sensitive issue of whether to increase the number of their forum's members from 21 to 22 by admitting India.
The APEC SOM I in Canberra is the first of a series of meetings to take place in Australia in the run up to an APEC Summit which is to be attended by among others US President George W Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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US PROVIDES US$15 BILLION TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS
Jayapura - US Ambassador to Indonesia Lynn B Pascoe has said that the US government has provided a fund amounting to US$15 billion to fight HIV/AIDS in a number of countries.
The fund was channeled through various organizations in Asia and Africa, Ambassador Pascoe said here on Tuesday (Jan 23).
The US government was concerned about the HIV/AIDS infection because it became a human tragedy in the world, he said.
Some countries had difficulty in controlling the disease because it could spread easily, he added.
During his stay in Jayapura, Ambassador Pascoe visited an HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing clinic and got first-hand information on HIV/AIDS problems in Papua.
Papua Deputy Governor Alex Hesegem, who accompanied the US ambassador in Jayapura, said that the ambassador had promised to help Papua in dealing with HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia's eastern mostprovince.
According to the September 2006 data, some 2,770 people were infected with HIV/AIDS virus in Papua, including 119 patients in Jayapura.
Earlier, Ambassador Pascoe said that the United States would establish Cooperation with Papua in the fields of government administration, education, health and forestry.
Ambassador Pascoe during his stay in Papua Province, visited Jayapura and Timika, Mimika District, where a US gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia is located.
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RI READY TO PARTCIPATE IN UN MISSION IN NEPAL
New York - Indonesia has expressed its readiness to take part in a UN Political Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) which the UN Security Council has decided to form to help end a 10-year-old conflict between the Nepalese government and the Maoist Communist Party that has killed 130,000 people, a spokesman said.
The formation of UNMIN was called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1740 which was passed at a UNSC session on Tuesday, Hasan Kleib, Indonesia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, said.
Hasan Kleib told the UNSC meeting Indonesia was prepared to assign six military personnel to join the UNMIN in Nepal. "In fact, the six Indonesian military officers were already sent to Nepal in December last year in anticipation of the issuance of the UNSC resolution on the UNMIN's establishment," he said.
Meanwhile, Commodore Putu Adnyana, military adviser to the Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said the six Indonesian military officers sent to Nepal were Lt Col Bastari, Major Nugraha, Major Suherman, Major Ferdinal, Major Purnowiranto and Major Hidayat.
"The UN asked for the assignment of experts possessing experience in similar missions so we sent one lieutenant colonel and five majors," Putu said.
He said the six officers were flown directly from Jakarta to Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, in two batches, namely in December 2006 and on January 8 this year.
Their stay and activity in Nepal would be funded by the UN Security Council.
Besides Indonesia, other nations the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) had selected for participation in UNMIN were Brazil, Switzerland, Guatemala, Uruguay, Jordan, Yemen and Norway.
Nepal had been experiencing the bloody conflict since 1996 after the Maoists launched an insurgency against the government.
Nepal also plunged into a crisis following a failed cease-fire in 2001 and the cessation of the parliament's functions in 2002.
The crisis was worsened by the murder of King Birendra in June, 2001. Birendra was succeeded by his brother, King Gyanendra, who ruled from 2002 to February 2005.
On November 2005, an alliance of seven parties in the parliament and the Maoists signed a 12-point agreement to set up an absolute democracy and end the king's powers and on November 21, 2006 the two parties signed a peace agreement to end the conflict in Nepal.
The November 21, 2006 agreement was used by the United Nations Security Council as one of its arguments to issue its Resolution 1740.
Based on the resolution which was approved unanimously by the Council's 15 members, the UNMIN would be in Nepal for one year and led by a special envoy of the UN Secretary General.
The UNSC would withdraw or extend the mission in accordance with a request from the government of Nepal.
The UNMIN's mandate was to help the Nepalese government in supervising the ceasefire between the government and the Maoists and providing technical assistance in preparations for the appointment of people's representatives in the country.
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PRESIDENT WANTS MORE INTENSIVE ECONOMIC, TRADE RELATIONS WITH LAOS
Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that Indonesia and Laos could intensify their bilateral relations in the economic and trade sectors as there were no more problems in their politcal ties, a presidential spokesman said.
"The president hopes the joint commission between Indonesia and Laos can formulate concrete steps to increase bilateral relations (between the two countries), mainly in the fields of economy, investment and trade," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said on Friday (Jan 26).
Dino made the statement after attending a meeting between President Yudhoyono and Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh.
During the meeting, President Yudhoyono was flanked by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono, Minister/State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra, National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo, Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi and Indonesian Ambassador to Laos Sutjiptohardjo Donokusumo.
Prime Minister Bouphavanh arrived here on Thursday (Jan 25) for a three-day visit.
President Yudhoyono considered intensifying economic ties with Laos necessary as the two countries' bilateral trade was only recorded at an average of US$12 million per year, Dino said.
"But the value of Laos's trade with other ASEAN member countries has reached US$550 million per year," he added.
He said Indonesia-Laos relations were entering their 50th year in 2007 and thus the Indonesian Embassy in Vientiane and the Laotian Embassy in Jakarta were now organizing some activities to mark the fact.
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RI FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT LEBANON, BRITAIN, SYRIA IN FEBRUARY
Jakarta - Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda said he is scheduled to visit Lebanon to observe directly the peace process in the Middle Eastern country and meet Indonesia's Garuda XXXIII-A Contingent in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operation there early next month.
"I will visit our contingent in the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon and convey a message from the president to the soldiers," he told the press here on Friday (Jan 25).
Indonesia sent some 1,000 military personnel to join the UN peacekeeping operation in Lebanon after Israel withdrew the troops it had sent there to fight the Hizbullah group.
He said Indonesia would keep on supporting the peace-restoration process in Lebanon.
The minister would also visit London along with Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono and Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu to attend a meeting of the Indonesia-Britain Joint Commission.
"The commission was set up following British Prime Minister John Blair's visit to Jakarta last year," he added.
In London Wirajuda would also attend the establishment of a 12-member group to discuss Islamic affairs.
Although it would only be dedicated in early February, the team had organized three long-distance meetings, he said.
Hassan added he would also visit Syria to meet with Hamas figures living there.
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FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDS RI-UK PARTNERSHIP FORUM IN LONDON
London - Visiting Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda is slated to attend an Indonesia-United Kingdon Partnership Forum here on Tuesday (Jan 30), Indonesian ambassador to Great Britain and Irish Republic Marty Natalegawa said here on Monday (Jan 29).
He said the establishment of the Indonesia-UK Partnership Forum was the realization of a joint agreement between Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
In addition to improving bilateral relations between the two countries, the forum is also intended to be a coordinating institution for strategic dialogs on cooperation in various areas.
Marty Natalegawa said through the forum, Indonesia-UK partnership was expected to yield more effective and coordinated bilateral cooperation development in facing common challenges.
Issues involving bilateral relations between the two countries, ASEAN regional development, the future of the European Union, the revival of China , and other international matters such as the United Nations' role in peace processes in the Middle East, Sudan and Kosovo, would be discussed in the forum.
Marty Natalegawa, a former spokes-man of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry, said the forum would be attended by related ministers from the two countries.
He said Indonesia would be represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda as chairman of the country's delegation, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu and Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono; while representatives from the United King-dom would be British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett, Trade and Industry Minister Alistair Darling, State Minister for Development Gareth Thomas and Defence Minister Adam Ingram.
Wirayuda is also scheduled to attend the dedication of the Indonesia-UK Islamic Advisory Group (IAG) on Tuesday.
Like the Indonesia-UK Partnership Forum, the establishment of the Indonesia-UK IAG was also the realization of an agreement between President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Tony Blair to form a dialog coordinating institution for Muslim representatives from the two countries.
The dialogs of the two countries Muslim representatives were intended to step up mutual understanding and cooperation in reducing radicalism.
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YUDHOYONO, MUSHARRAF TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS IN JAKARTA
Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Pakistani counter-part, Pervez Musharraf, are on Wednesday (Jan 31) expected to discuss efforts to help settle the conflicts in the Middle East, namely those in Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine, a presidential spokesman said .
"We will first listen to inputs from President Musharraf," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's official spokes-man, Dino Pati Djalal, said here Tuesday (Jan 30).
Musharraf was scheduled to arrive here on Tuesday afternoon after visiting Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
Dino said Indonesia was very concerned about the conflicts occurring in the Middle East.
"We will look at possible initiatives to help settle the conflicts in the Middle East," he said adding that the Pakistani government gave notice on Musharraf's coming to Jakarta only a few days ago.
Asked about a possible meeting between Palestinian Hamas and Al-Fatah leaders in Indonesia, Dino said it was still being planned.
President Yudhoyono was now thinking about what efforts the Indonesian government could make to help ease tensions between the conflicting parties in Palestine, Dino said.
Indonesia was hoping the meeting between Palestine's Hamas and Al-Fatah leaders could be held in the near future, he said adding that the meeting's schedule would be announced by the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
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