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July 2011
FAO Goodwill
Ambassador,
singer
Anggun C. Sasmi
(fourth from left in
white shirt) planting
mangroves in North
Jakarta
Q&A with
ANGGUN SINGS PRAISES OF
REFORESTRATION
JAKARTA – Indonesian singer and FAO Goodwill
Ambassador Anggun concluded a mission to Indonesia in
June during which she visited a forestry site and the FAO
Representation offices in Jakarta to discuss reforestation
activities in coastal areas affected by disaster.
UNODC Representative for
East Asia and the Pacific
Gary Lewis
Q: Why are Indonesia’s
forests so important?
A: Indonesia is one of the
three
top
regions
for
biodiversity on the planet.
But we see significant
decline and depletion –
perhaps at the fastest rate of
tropical rain forest and old
growth rain forest here in the
Indonesian islands.
“Among other Tsunami damage, trees were snapped,
uprooted and undermined by the waves and strong currents,”
said Anggun. “Because coastal forests provide protection
against tsunamis it is vital to restore or establish green walls
of forests against future disasters.”
Anggun highlighted the fact that the International Year of
Forests – 2011 provides an excellent opportunity to raise
awareness on the importance of forests for people and
communities, and the urgent need to reduce deforestation and
protect forests in Indonesia.
Indonesia holds the world’s third largest tropical forest. Around
two-thirds of the land area is covered by forest, making it an
important resource for Indonesia and its people.
“We all benefit from forests because they are an important
resource for water, clean air, food, medicine and shelter,”
Anggun said. “This is why we need to improve forests and
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Q: So what is UNODC doing
to help save
biodiversity?
Indonesia’s
A: What we’re doing, with our
partners and other agencies
of the United Nations, is
focusing on areas of special
expertise: law enforcement,
working with prosecutorial
service,
working
with
judiciary and connecting all of
those players to the agents
on the ground. These agents
are
responsible
for
monitoring the health of the
forests and maintaining the
rule of law, so that logs don’t
get illegally extracted and
shipped
off
to
other
countries.
Q: How big is the problem of
illegal logging?
A: We are facing a significant
problem here in Indonesia.
Our best estimates tell us
that close to one million
hectares per year is being
hacked down by illegal forest
operations, concessionaires,
and another operators. This
amount
cannot
be
sustainable at all... and
certainly not at that rate!
manage them wisely to conserve them for future generations.”
“It is extremely important that we bring forests and trees back
to the landscape in Indonesia,” the singer emphasized,
“because they increase coastal protection, provide forest
products and environmental services for local communities.”
With more than 2 million albums sold in Europe, Anggun is the
best-selling Asian recording artist outside of Asia. After her
nomination as an FAO Goodwill Ambassador in 2008 and in
2010, she was appointed the Millennium Development
Champion by the United Nations Secretary-General in the
light of her commitment to global humanitarian objectives.
“We all benefit from forests because they are an
important resource for water, clean air, food, medicine,
and shelter”
Anggun C. Sasmi, FAO Goodwill Ambassador
NATURE DETECTIVES IN
PULAU PRAMUKA
Q: What area is UNODC
focusing on?
A: We have got initiatives in
various parts of the country,
but primarily in Papua where
the number of pristine forest
is still intact to the greatest
degree.
We’re fortunate in this
region to have seen the
initiation of a number of a
successful
convictions,
following
effective
prosecutions and arrests.
This sets the tone and the
standard, and this is something that United Nations is
trying
to
assist
the
government in achieving.
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2 High school students learning
about coastal ecosystem and
replanting damaged corals in
Pramuka Island
JAKARTA - To mark the International Day for Biological
Diversity on 22 May, UNIC Jakarta joined forces with three
environmental NGO partners to teach students how to
recognize and protect biodiversity. The two-day workshop
“Educamp: nature detective” was held in Pulau Pramuka
(Pulau Seribu) at the initiative of Teens Go Green, KEHATI
(Keanekaragaman Hayati) and Terangi (Terumbu Karang
Indonesia).
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Q: What’s the link between
corruption and illegal logging
here?
A: The connection between
illegal forestry and corruption in Indonesia is very
much similar to how it looks
in other parts of the planet.
Essentially you have bribery
for the cutting of trees and in
the production chain, the
illegal handing out of concessions, and the handing
out of fake concessions.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Environment Day at
the Refugee Centre in
Cisarua
Minister of Environment,
Gusti M. Hatta visits
the UN booth during
environment week
at Senayan
Q: How is the Government
approaching
these
problems?
A:
It is important to
recognize that we are being
asked for assistance by the
Government of Indonesia.
And that is good news, that
means that the government
is embracing an approach
that wants to see the
problem of illegal logging
stopped and wants to break
the pernicious connection
between illegal logging and
corruption.
JAKARTA - To commemorate this year’s World Environment
Day on 5th June, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) partnered with the Church World Service
(CWS) for a tree-planting event in the CWS refugee centre in
Cisarua, Bogor. Refugees and asylum seekers planted trees
in the 8,000 square meter farm at the refugee centre.
Meanwhile, UNIC Jakarta ran a joint UN in Indonesia
information booth at the Environment Week event organized
by the Ministry of the Environment in Parkir Timur Senayan
from June 1 to June 5. The booth brought together
information about the environment programmes of several UN
agencies in Indonesia, including UNODC, UNESCO, UNHCR,
UNDP, ILO and FAO. Environment Minister H.E. Gusti
Muhammad Hatta was among the visitors.
WATER FOR CITIES
Responding to the Urban Challenge
With the UNESCO Office – Jakarta taking the lead, World Water Day was marked this year with
a discussion of the challenges and the opportunities represented by water management in
urbanized contexts -- with a special focus on Indonesia.
The event drew the participation of The Minister of Public Works, Ir. Djoko Kirmanto, the Head of
LIPI, Prof. Dr. Lukman Hakim, and was supported by UNICEF and UNIC Jakarta. UNESCO
Jakarta Director, Hubert Gijzen took the opportunity to outline the SWITCH-in-Asia programme,
a set of proposals aimed at improving urban water management practices by developing and
testing innovative approaches for more effective and sustainable urban water management in
Asian cities. Water problems will figure prominently at the forthcoming UN Conference on
Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, in 2012 – Rio + 20.
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‘WISE’ PROGRAMME
SUPPORTS ATTAINMENT
OF UNIVERSAL PRIMARY
EDUCATION
At least 90,000 children in
schools in the Indonesian
provinces of Nusa Tenggara
Timor, Papua, West Papua
and South Sulawesi will be
better
protected
against
disease and illness thanks to a
new partnership launched this
week
between
the
Government of Indonesia,
UNICEF, Care Inter-national,
Save the Children and Dubai
Cares.
Known as WISE – ‘water,
sanitation and hygiene in
support of school empowerment’ – the programme will
improve
current
hygiene
education activities in 450
schools,
construct
new
sanitation, hand washing and
water facilities, and support
community-led initiatives to
better manage water and
sanitation activities in the
selected areas.
“There are numerous factors
which prevent children from
going to school – poor water
and sanitation is a critical one”
said Mr. Tariq Al Gurg, Chief
Executive Officer of Dubai
Cares.
“Dubai Cares is proactively
focusing on the underlying
factors that create barriers to
learning, and we believe this
initiative is an example of how
we can systematically remove
such obstacles and create
opportunities both for better
4 education and better health.”
UNICEF Representative in
Indonesia Angela Kearney,
speaking on behalf of the
three development partners
supporting
the
initiative,
underlined the importance of
reaching the most vulnerable
children. “By ensuring these
basic services reach children
in these areas we not only
reduce the risk of disease and
death, but also improve the
quality of the educational
environment – which in turn
can prevent children dropping
out of school.” she said.
The programme is seen as a
model for future development
across Indonesia, strengthening integration of water,
sanitation
and
hygiene
education activities in schools
and improving sustainability
through a focus on low-cost
approaches, community leadership and technical capacity
development of local school
committees.
Physical construction of water
and sanitation facilities will be
complemented by training of
teachers
and
community
representatives on delivering
effective hygiene education.
School committees will be
supported to better manage
available budgets to include
water, sanitation and hygiene
components,
while
the
government’s national Healthy
Schools Programme (UKS)
will also be revitalised.
Through the grant from
Dubai Cares, UNICEF is
contributing US$3 million to
the two-year programme
along with US$1 million
each
from
Care
International and Save the
Children.
DID YOU KNOW?
* Every month, 5 million
people are being added to
the urban population of the
developing countries
* In Africa and Asia the
urban
population
will
double between 2000 and
2030
* 828 million people live
in informal settlements,
often lacking adequate
drinking
water
and
sanitation facilities
* Nine million people
living in Jakarta generate
1.3 million cubic meters
of sewage daily, but only
3% of this sewage reaches
a treatment plant
IN INDONESIA July 2011
UNDP
Administrator
Helen Clark
Visits
Indonesia
UN
L-R: El-Mostafa Benlamlih (UN
Resident Coordinator), Helen
Clark (UNDP Administrator), Ajay
Chhibber (UNDP Regional
Director) at briefing for the UN
Country team in Shangri-La hotel
JAKARTA - The Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Helen
Clark was in Indonesia in connection with the Business For Environment (B4E) Global Summit,
held in Jakarta from 27 to 29 April. During her visit she also met with senior Government
officials to discuss Indonesia’s national priority concerns and UNDP’s role in supporting
Indonesia efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the acceleration of
development in disadvantaged regions.
In her keynote speech at the B4E summit, Ms. Clark emphasized the importance public sector
leadership in shaping ‘inclusive development’ that can help safeguard the environment. “The
role of governments is critical in setting the policy frameworks, enforcing the relevant laws and
regulations, and monitoring, reporting, and verifying what is happening,” Ms. Clark said.
Noting that twenty per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from tropical forest
degradation and outright deforestation, Ms. Clark highlighted “the leadership of Indonesia,
Brazil, and other tropical forest countries” in tackling climate change, “along with the leadership
of committed donors like Norway who make it possible to advance forest preservation and
development simultaneously through REDD+. “REDD+” refers to Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation, a set of policies on climate change mitigation designed
to use incentives to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.
During her three-day trip to Indonesia, the UNDP chief also traveled to Central Kalimantan,
where she took a boat through parts of the province to see first-hand the forest cover and peat
lands facing real threats from deforestation. She met with local officials to discuss their plans
for the REDD+ pilot initiatives —which also include conservation, sustainable management of
forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.
Indonesia aims to reduce its carbon emission by 26 per cent by 2020. Kalimantan’s annual
greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to account for about 15 per cent of Indonesia’s total
emissions, due in large part to the rapid rate of forest clearance.
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INDONESIANS SPEAK OUT ON CHALLENGES
AND REWARDS OF UN PEACE MISSIONS
Women’s Role Highlighted in Yearly Tribute
UN peacekeeping operations,
and Cpt. Agus Yudhoyono, the
son
of
President
Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono, who
served in the first contingent of
blue
berets
assigned
to
southern Lebanon with UNIFIL.
Indonesia is the only country in
the world in which both the
Head of State and his son have
served as “blue berets” in the
service
of
world
peace.
Highlighting his hopes for
Lebanon’s
future,
Capt.
Yudoyono
addressed
the
Ambassador of Lebanon to
Indonesia,
Victor
Zmeter:
“Insyallah, I will have the
opportunity to come back to
Lebanon not as a peacekeeper
but as a tourist.”
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JAKARTA – With Indonesia
having pledged this year to
become one of the world’s topten
contributors
to
UN
peacekeeping,
the
International Day of United Nations
Peacekeepers was marked on
May 30 with a special event in
Jakarta focusing on some of
the people and places in which
Indonesian
citizens
have
proudly served under the UN
flag. Organized by the United
Nations Information Centre
(UNIC) Jakarta, in partner-ship
with Radio Republik Indonesia
(RRI) / the Voice of Indonesia
(VOI), a radio talk-show was
broadcast live worldwide in
eight languages from the
Sultan Hotel in South Jakarta.
The event brought together
some of the iconic figures of
Indonesia’s UN peacekeeping
contribution, including Lt. Col.
Nita Siahaan, MSc., the first
Indonesian army woman to join
6 “Terima Kasih, Indonesia!”,
was the Ambassador’s reply.
“Lebanon cannot forget that the
President of Indonesia sent his
own son in the first contingent
to South Lebanon,” he said,
reminding the audience that
Indonesia’s
peacekeepers
would patrol day and night, in
difficult conditions, “so that
Lebanese children could sleep.”
The
event
also
included
important contributions from
Indonesia’s
head
of
peacekeeping
Brigadier
General I Gede Sumertha,
Member of Parliament Dr.
Nuryhayati Ali Assegaf, and Ms.
Andy Yentriyani from the
National
Commission
on
Violence Against Women. In a
segment dedicated to the
increasingly important role of
women
in
peacekeeping
operations, Ms. Andy Yentriyani
proposed that some of the best
practices and lessons learned
by Indonesia’s peacekeepers
abroad could feed back into
standards
and practices
adopted domes-tically for
training uniformed personnel
on issues of violence against
women.
Speaking from the audience,
Ambassador Kai Sauer of
Finland
proposed
that
Indonesia might consider
taking the leadership on
issues of violence against
women in the context of
peacekeeping
training
modules for ASEAN troops
in the new peacekeeping
training centre that is being
built in Sentul, West Java.
The event brought together
members of the diplomatic
community, academia, and
the media to pay tribute to
those who have sacrificed
their lives in the cause of
peace by serving in UN
peace missions.
An Indonesian UN
peacekeeper makes new
friends in Darfur
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WOMEN PEACEKEEPERS: A VIEW FROM THE TOP COMMANDER
During the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
commemoration at University Prof. Dr. Moestopo (Beragama) on 7
June, the Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces,
Admiral Agus Suhartono commended the RRI/Voice of Indonesia –
UNIC Jakarta tribute to Indonesia’s peacekeepers. “The event was
undeniably positive for the further enhancement of Indonesia’s image
all over the world, more importantly, in terms of gender equality in the
TNI organization [and for] dealing with the participation of TNI’s women
corps in UN peacekeeping missions,” said Adm. Suhartono in an
address delivered by Brig. Gen. I Gede Sumertha, who heads the
Peacekeeping Training Centre in Cilangkap. He added in his speech
that the deployment of Indonesian Armed Forces women personnel
complies with the fact on improper treatments, which are possibly done
by combatants to women or girls. “The traumatic bad experiences
undergone by the victims certainly need women’s special treatment,”
he stated.
Brig.Gen. I Gede Sumertha
at Univ. Prof. Dr. Moestopo
DISASTER RESOURCE PARTNERSHIP:
A NATIONAL NETWORK FOR INDONESIA?
Jakarta – The World
Economic Forum held a
roundtable meeting in May
with the Government of
Indonesia
to
initiate
discussions on establishing a
Disaster
Resource
Partnership (DRP) National
Network for Indonesia. The
meeting was the result of
President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono’s announcement
at the World Economic Forum
Annual Meeting 2011 in
January in Davos-Klosters,
Switzerland, at which he
declared the government’s
intent to establish a DRP
National Network for
Indonesia.
The objectives of the meeting
were to identify and establish
a community of professionals
who share a commitment to
multistakeholder collaboration
for disaster preparedness and
response, drawing from the
government, the private sector
and civil society. The meeting
focused on elaborating and
agreeing on the core principles
for such a network, which
seeks
to
support
and
complement existing disaster
management
structures
in
Indonesia in a coordinated
manner by including key
members of the private sector
in Indonesia.
Over
40
leaders
from
government, civil society and
the local and international
private sector participated in
the meeting. The roundtable
was opened by Indroyono
Soesilo, Executive Secretary,
Coordinating
Ministry
for
People’s Welfare of Indonesia.
Participants
included
Heru
Prasetyo, Deputy Chairman of
the President’s Delivery Unit for
Development Monitoring and
Oversight
(UKP4);
Willem
Rampangilei, Deputy Minister for
Environment
and
Social
Vulnerability
Coordination
of
Indonesia, who chaired the
meeting; El-Mostafa Benlamlih,
UN Resident Coordinator and
Humanitarian
Coordinator
in
Indonesia; Murdaya Widyawimarta, Chairman, Central Cipta
Murdaya Holding, Indonesia; and
Niyati Sareen, General Manager,
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Hindustan
Construction
Company, India.
The outcome of the meeting was
a broad agreement on the core
principles of a DRP network in
Indonesia and establishment of a
working group comprised of
representatives from the private
sector
in
Indonesia,
the
Coordinating Ministry for Social
Welfare
and
civil
society
representatives, with the support
of the World Economic Forum.
“Only if public, private and civil society are equally prepared and committed to disaster
management will it be possible to have real effectiveness in minimizing the humanitarian
caseload, the destruction of livelihoods and the negative impact of disasters”
El-Mostafa Benlamlih, UN Resident Coordinator
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NEW ZEALAND MAKES FIRST CONTRIBUTION
TO INDONESIA DISASTER FACILITY
The Government of Indonesia
has launched and activated a
ground-breaking initiative in
support of disaster recovery
and
preparedness:
The
Indonesia Multi Donor Fund
Facility for Disaster Recovery
(IMDFF-DR).
What is the IMDFF-DR?
While taking its cue from trust
funds established in the wake
of large scale disasters in the
past, such as the MDF for
Aceh and Nias, or the
Yogyakarta Recovery Fund,
the IMDFF-DR features one
crucial
difference:
it
is
established as a standing
mechanism to help fund
implementation
of
the
Government of Indonesia’s
Rehabilitation
and
Reconstruction Action Plans
(RENAKSI)
that
are
formulated following disasters
that
require
international
support. In other words, in
case of a large scale disaster,
there will no longer be a need
to set up a new trust fund to
channel funds through; the
facility will be ready to go from
day one. And this means a
much reduced transaction
cost and waiting time during
those crucial days of early
recovery.
As all development and
humanitarian partners are
only too aware, Indonesia is
one of the world’s most
susceptible nations to natural
disasters. In an average year,
over 600,000 Indonesians are
affected by natural disasters,
making disaster resilience
and management a high
agenda
item
of
the
government and international
partners, including the UN.
The IMDFF-DR is therefore a
welcome innovation by the
8 GoI and is strongly supported
by the UN and the World Bank,
through two funding ‘windows’.
Broadly,
IMDFF-DR
funds
directed
at
infrastructure
building will be channelled
through the WB window, while
funds focused on the socioeconomic aspect of recovery
will be channelled through the
UN window, administered by
UNDP.
IMDFF-DR is not bound to just
one particular disaster, although it
can be activated to accept funds
for individual disasters. In case
there are several disasters at any
given
time
that
require
international
assistance,
the
IMDFF-DR can be activated to
receive funds for each of them,
without the need to establish
different trust funds, as has been
the case in the past.
The first Contribution
In recent weeks, the New
Zealand government has made
the bold and welcome move of
being the first donor to support
this facility, with a total of NZ$
4 million, of which NZ$3 million
is being directed through the
UN window. This is particularly
welcome, as, given the new
nature of the facility, donor
interest has been difficult to
attract during the initial months
of the activation of the IMDFFDR. Says Mr. Kirk Yates,
Development Counsellor at
NZAID Jakarta: “By being the
first to contribute to the IMDFFDR we want to highlight our
support to the government of
Indonesia in disaster risk
management
and
also
emphasize the importance of
this initiative. We hope that our
contribution will encourage
other donors to support this
innovative and much-needed
initiative.” Mr. Yates also
observes
that
Indonesia’s
chairmanship of ASEAN this
year makes it all the more
important to support the
government
on
pioneering
initiatives such as this one.
In addition, one of the important
lessons learned from previous
disasters is that tied aid – the
practice whereby donors prespecify the uses of the funds
provided – is unhelpful when it
comes to ensuring funds are
used efficiently and where the
need is greatest. For the IMDFFDR, donors are being strongly
encouraged to provide untied
funding, in line with the Paris
Declaration on Aid Effectiveness,
and the Jakarta Commitment.
Learning from Past Disasters
In designing this facility,
learning lessons from past
disasters
has
been
an
important
tenet
for
the
Government. For one, the
And most importantly, the IMDFFDR is firmly under the leadership
of the Government of Indonesia,
through Bappenas and BNPB
(the
National
Disaster
Management Agency). As Mr.
Yates also observes, “Only
governments can and should take
the lead when a disaster
happens.”
Looking Ahead
While the funds provided by New
Zealand will be useful in meeting
the outstanding recovery needs
of the Merapi and Mentawai
disasters of late 2010, it is
imperative
that
the
facility
continues to benefit from further
funding in order to demonstrate a
coordinated,
consistent
and
coherent approach to disaster
recovery as well as disaster
preparedness.
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FOCUS ON THE STATELESS
JAKARTA - On 31st May 2011, the Representation Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in
Indonesia convened a roundtable discussion “Indonesia:
Prevention and Solution of Stateless Issue” in close collaboration
with the Indonesia Citizenship Institute. The roundtable was
organized in the context of the commemorations of the 50th
anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness. The participants were invited to discuss the
progress made on statelessness issues after the Citizenship Law
No.12 Year 2006 entered into force.
Relevant stakeholders from the Ministry of Law and Human
Rights, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
National Commission on Human Rights, government officials and
NGOs, attended the meeting and participated as resource
persons and commentators.
The meeting was aimed at identifying the key gaps calling for
effective remedies in preventing and, or reducing statelessness
instances in Indonesia. The discussions were expected to
reinforce stakeholders’ commitment to overcome nationality
issues; to find new ways to implement the new 2006 Law
properly; to identify new solutions to statelessness instances; to
sensitize the concerned authorities for the need to accede to the
international stateless instruments and to exchange on
statelessness-related pledges which Indonesia might consider
submitting at the 6-7 December 2011 ministerial meeting in
Geneva.
During the meeting, UNHCR launched the Bahasa Indonesia
version of three publications on statelessness which are expected
to be supporting tools in addressing the above mentioned issues.
These three publications - “Good Practices – Addressing
Statelessness in South East Asia”, “Protecting the Rights of
Stateless
Persons”,
and
“Preventing
and
Reducing
Statelessness”, are available in UNHCR office in Jakarta.
L - R: Erickson (World Vision) Enny
Soeprapto (International Refugee Law
Expert) Francis Teoh (UNHCR
Indonesia) Adhi Santika (Ministry of
Law and Human Rights) Jusuf Hadi
(Ministry of Law and Human Rights).
“We are happy with
UNHCR’s initiative […] as
it was the first meeting
held by an international
agency in Indonesia.”
“Moving forward, what
would be significant for us
to do is to increase the
efforts to identify the
number and locations of
the stateless Indonesian
people.“
Adhi Santika
from Ministry of Law and
Human Rights.
FOLLOWING THE MONEY
Challenges and Recommendations
for Stolen Asset Recovery in Indonesia
JAKARTA - Stolen asset
recovery has been a hot topic in
Indonesia ever since the
beginning of the reformation
era. But tracing the illicit money
overseas and managing the
legal labyrinth to seize assets
and recover funds is an arduous
task
requiring
exceptional
measures.
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“Corruption
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is an extraordinary crime and therefore
it requires extra-ordinary
ways of handling it, involving
all stakeholders in prevention, prosecution, and
asset recovery,” said Commissioner
General
Ito
Sumardi,
Head
of
the
Criminal Investigation Department of the Indonesian
National Police at a recent
discussion organized by the
United Nations Office on
Drugs
(UNODC).
Mr.
Sumardi explained that the
National Police are collaborating with the Ministry of
Law and Human Rights as
the central authority on the
legal aspects of dealing with
countries
suspected
of
harboring assets acquired
through corrupt means.
Obstacles to asset recovery
include the lack of cooperation at the regional
level, says law expert Prof.
O.C. Kaligis. “The lack of
mutual understanding and
cooperation between ASEAN
countries on asset recovery
related to corruption creates
an ineffective legal environ-
ment for the eradication of
corruption at regional level”, he
said, adding that national law
does not provide a definition of
asset
recovery.
Professor
Kaligis concluded that asset
recovery remains a challenge
despite the fact that “countries
that are known to be safe
havens for illegal assets of
Indonesian corruptors have
signed and ratified the United
Nations Convention against
Corruption.”
In a related UNODC event,
chaired by the Director for
International
Security
and
Disarmament of the Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs
Febrian
Ruddyard, the strategic steps
required
to
establish
a
mechanism for asset recovery
based on international best
practices were discussed.
During the course of the
meeting, roundtable participants pro-posed alternative
approaches to address the
issue of asset recovery in
Indonesia,
namely
Nonconviction
based
asset
recovery and bankruptcy law
were raised as alternative
approaches
to
asset
recovery
in
Indonesia.
“There is a possibility to use
the bankruptcy law to
recover assets, both in the
country and overseas,” said
legal expert Harry Ponto.
“Prosecutors can request
bankruptcy claims, providing
legal options to ensure
automatic confiscation of
funds from the offender.”
The Commissioner of the
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Chandra
Hamzah added that in order
to recover the stolen assets
from corruptors “attempts to
trace such assets must be
initiated very early in the
investigation phase.”
Recommendations made by
the participants included the
establishment of a task
force
on
tracing
and
recovering assets within
Indonesian National Police
and
in
the
Attorney
General’s Office. Improving
the investigative capacity of
current law enforcement
officers was also highlighted
as a priority.
LABOUR AND LEADERSHIP
Indonesia among First Countries to Adopt National
Plan Based on Global Jobs Pact, says ILO
Jakarta - The International
Labour Organization (ILO) has
welcomed the recent signing
of the Indonesia Jobs Pact
(IJP), witnessed by President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
at the Presidential Palace on
13 April. The agreement
between Government, workers
and employers is the outcome
of a national process of
adapting the Global Jobs Pact,
passed in 2009 at ILO’s
International Labour Conference. The national pact is de-
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relations, focusing on en-hancing
job-creation, compe-tetiveness in
the economy and the protection of
vulnerable workers.
“It is an excellent example of
successful social dialogue based
on mutual trust and genuine
commitment,”
said
Sachiko
Yamamoto, ILO Regional Director
for Asia and the Pacific, calling the
signing “a solid step towards a
better future for the people in
Indonesia”.
The Indonesia Jobs Pact (IJP)
ILO Regional Director for Asia
and the Pacific, Sachiko
Yamamoto congratulates
President Susilo Bambang
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developed with ILO
support, through a series of
reviews
and
consultations
among Government representtatives, labour unions and
employers’
organizations
(known
as
“tripartite
constituents”). Peter van Rooij,
ILO
Country Director in
Indonesia, said that the IJP
marked the onset of a new era
of deepening collaboration
between
the
Indonesian
tripartite constituents and the ILO.
“The IJP will pave the way for
Indonesia’s next Decent Work
Country Programme, covering the
country’s development to 2015,”
he said.
Indonesia’s commitment to
labour
issues
was
further
underlined
by
President
Yodhoyono’s attendance at the
100th
International
Labour
Conference in Geneva on 14
June.
“It is an excellent example of
successful social dialogue
based on mutual trust and
genuine commitment”
Sachiko Yamamoto,
ILO Regional Director for
Asia and The Pacific
UNHCR COMMEMORATES WORLD REFUGEE DAY
In commemoration of the World Refugee Day on 20 June, the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held an
event in Bogor Botanical Garden along with refugees and partners.
In this occasion, UNHCR pays tribute to government
representatives, including Bogor Police Unit, Immigration Office,
and Social Ministry, for their support and cooperation with UNHCR
in providing protection to refugees in Indonesia. This event involved
participation of refugees and asylum seekers in a cultural show and
culinary exhibition.
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was
UNHCR Representative,
Manuel Jordão with
government and civil society
delegates.
On the commemoration, the UN Refugee Agency also releases its
annual Global Trends report on the situation of refugees in the
world. The report shows an imbalance in international support for
the world’s forcibly displaces, with 80% of the world’s refugees
being hosted by developing countries, and at a time of rising antirefugee sentiment in many industrialized ones.
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JUNE-JULY: UNESCO - Training of trainers and capacity building for the
revitalization of the handicraft industry – Borobudur.
Calendar
2-3 JULY: UNESCO - Promotion of Cultural Heritage Education among
Young People – Borobudur
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25-30 JULY: UNESCO - Museum Storage Management Workshop,
Semarang
27-28 JULY: UNCAPSA & FAO - International Conference on Investing
in Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation –
Bogor
9 AUGUST: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 AUGUST: International Youth Day
19 AUGUST: World Humanitarian Day
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