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Hassan WIRAJUDA

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first: 2004-09-24
most recent: 2009-09-24
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“And it is our hope that the world, as it reforms its economic governance, will learn a truth that we came upon during our crisis some 12 years ago: that prosperity without democracy is but a bubble. And democracy that does not deliver development will not endure. Economic and political development must march hand in hand. As it is with a country such as Indonesia, so it is with the world. It is not enough for the world to get its economics right. It must also get its politics right. For man does not live by bread alone. He must also have his freedom.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“Now, having won re-election in only the second direct presidential election in our history, he is ready to launch a second wave of reform, which will lay the foundations for Indonesia’s becoming a developed country by 2025. Meanwhile, we have come to be known as the world’s third largest democracy, the land where democracy, Islam and modernization not only go hand in hand but thrive together. We intend to keep on earning and deserving that recognition — by, among other ways, learning from others and sharing with them our experiences in political development. That is why, last December, we organized the Bali Democracy Forum, Asia’s first intergovernmental forum on democracy. We are making this an annual affair.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“We in Indonesia are great believers in democratic reform, because that is what saved us from being totally crushed by the Asian financial crisis of 1997. Over the years until then, we had focused too much on the market and on our GDP growth and thus neglected our political development. The only way out of the crisis was reform — reform of every aspect of our national life. And so we made the transition from a highly centralized authoritarian regime to a decentralized, more fully democratic system. We reformed our military, our bureaucracy and our justice system. We modernized our economic infrastructure. And since October 2004, the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been consolidating and fine-tuning earlier reforms.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“All these problems demand reform and strengthening of international cooperation. A clamour for reform that must be heeded now is the call for the overhaul of the composition and workings of the Security Council. For by no means does the Council reflect the realities of our time — it is a throwback to the world at the end of the Second World War. In the same way that the Group of Eight can no longer solve the economic problems of the world, a Security Council paralysed by its undemocratic composition and the veto system can no longer guarantee our collective security. It needs to be more democratic, transparent and accountable. It needs new sources of strength that the developing world and their ancient civilizations can help provide in the same manner as the inclusivity of the G-20.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“But the early engagement of the Obama Administration in the peace effort and its even- handed multilateral approach to the problem brings hope for an eventual two-State solution. Let us therefore respond to President Obama’s call for partnering for peace. Likewise, the challenge of terrorism demands the broadest possible coalition of nations to put an end to it — not only through sheer force of arms but also and mainly through a dialogue of faiths, cultures and civilizations that will put the merchants of hate out of business. 09-53165 14 Every major problem in the world today calls for the concerted efforts of many nations to work out its solution. This includes transnational challenges like piracy, irregular migration, money-laundering, human rights violations, the threat of a pandemic and natural disasters.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“A window of opportunity has been opened with the adoption of Security Council resolution 1887 (2009) on the maintenance of international peace and security leading to a nuclear-weapon-free world, and with the current process between the United States and the Russian Federation towards deeper cuts in their respective nuclear arsenals. Thus, the disarmament agenda is being revived. Even the persistent Middle East conflict, with the question of Palestine at its core, could be more expeditiously resolved, if the task of promoting the peace process involved a wider base of stakeholders. The main problem in reviving the peace process at the moment is the intransigence of Israel on the issue of illegal settlements.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“If this new spirit of multilateralism and reform can pervade international socio-economic affairs, there is no reason why it should not also find its way into the politico-security field. It can resuscitate the disarmament agenda — especially nuclear disarmament, which has been lying moribund for decades. In a truly democratic world order, the nuclear Powers would fulfil their commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty by slashing their nuclear arsenals and abiding by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. In turn, we non-nuclear countries will continue to refrain from developing nuclear weapons. This is no longer an impossible dream.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“With this new spirit of reform and multilateralism, we will be able in 2010 to break the impasse in the Doha Round negotiations, which will lead to an outcome that is pro-development. In that same spirit we can tear down the barriers of protectionism that are rising again out of fear of the economic crisis. With trade revitalized, world gross domestic product (GDP) could be bolstered by $700 billion a year. A global partnership that reforms the international financial architecture, works for climate stability, food security and energy security and brings a successful conclusion to the Doha Development Round should also bring about the fulfilment of the Monterrey Consensus. This will ensure the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“When sufficient investment is channelled to agriculture, the result is the productivity that Indonesia has enjoyed in the past several years. We have a surplus production of rice and part of that surplus will become a buffer stock for our national food security. Part of it will be allotted as our contribution to global food security. Through similar reform we can involve more nations in a coordinated quest for new sources of renewable and clean energy, without compromising food security. A global partnership for energy security rather than a scattering of individual efforts will have a much better chance of achieving a technological breakthrough that will enormously increase the efficiency of current fuel-burning mechanisms.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“And we cannot allow the negotiation process to be derailed; the stakes are too high. We need not even wait for a consensus. We are ready to forge partnerships to carry out concrete projects like the Indonesia Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, which by itself is already a contribution to climate stability. In the same spirit, Indonesia is hosting the Forest-2011 ministerial meeting in Jakarta next month. By the same token, we can launch a more successful and durable Green Revolution that is based on the same kind of partnership and gives developing countries sorely needed access to resources and technology. That partnership can and must provide for the massive investments required for agricultural production and building agricultural infrastructures.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“In December in Copenhagen we can strive to reach a new consensus on climate change that is more effective in averting climate disaster by forging an equitable and transparent partnership between 13 09-53165 developed and developing nations. As the host country to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, which adopted the Bali Road Map by consensus, Indonesia fervently desires that the Copenhagen meeting will yield a new commitment to a framework to strengthen the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. This framework must stipulate deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and sufficient financing for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. We would like to see the role of forests given the top priority that it deserves. We look forward to ocean issues being mainstreamed into the new climate regime.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“We are actually in the grip of one systemic crisis. The economic and financial crisis, the challenge of climate change, the food security crisis and the energy security crisis are problems that fed on one another and thus grew to critical proportions. That reality materialized because the international community failed to form an effective global partnership to address the large bundle of challenges that have ultimately affected all humankind. In that sense, the root cause of this overarching crisis is the failure to achieve multilateralism and forge a system of democratic governance at the global level. But we can rectify that failure through an all- encompassing reform of the relationships between nations in the world today.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“For our part in Indonesia we are working hard in the G-20 to reform the mandate, mission and governance of the International Monetary Fund and our multilateral development banks. These banks must deliver accelerated and concessional financing without conditionalities to the low-income countries so as to cushion the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable and the poorest. All of this has set refreshing precedents in terms of access to financial resources for developing countries and in terms of transparency, and most importantly, it reflects current global realities rather than the world of 60 years ago. As such, it represents a democratization of the global economy and the international financial architecture. It has also given us a remarkable insight: that it is not an array of disparate crises that is confronting us.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“Through the G-20, the voice of the developing world will be heard in international economic and financial decision-making. Thus, we are building today a new and constructive power equation, increasing the sharing of responsibilities and contributions and widening participation in decision-making. This redistribution of power constitutes fundamental reform that should be replicated in other bodies, such as the Security Council. And no more will our economies be left to the mercy of the market. Financial institutions and instruments will have to be regulated and closely supervised. There will be close consultations and mutual assessments of national economic strategies in order to ensure coordination at the global level and to identify potential risks to financial stability.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“We meet today while the world is in the grip of intertwined crises from which we must break free if we are to ensure our long- term survival. The most urgent of these is the economic and financial crisis. It has put scores of millions out of jobs, shut down tens of thousands of factories, and pushed more than 100 million people below the poverty line. A few days ago, at the Group of Twenty (G-20) summit in Pittsburgh, the 20 largest economies of the world, both developed and developing, addressed this crisis by agreeing to reform the global financial architecture to meet the needs of the twenty-first century. No longer will we depend on just a few industrialized nations to solve the world’s economic problems. The developing world is now part of the solution to those problems.”
2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)
“Thus we pursue the democratic ideal: democracy at the level of the United Nations, democracy at the regional level and democracy within the nation. At each of those levels, we hope to see nations and people taking control of their lives and taking part in the decision-making processes that shape their future. The realization of that ideal will give full meaning to the first three words of the Charter of the United Nations. Indeed, “We the peoples” is what democracy is all about.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“It is in that spirit that Indonesia is launching the Bali Democracy Forum this December. It will be not an exclusive forum among democracies, but an inclusive and open forum for the countries of Asia to share their experiences and best practices in fostering democracy. A true democracy is always homegrown; it is never anything that is imposed from outside. Meanwhile, we in Indonesia continue to tend to our young democracy. We are seeing to it that democracy takes root, not only by holding free elections, but also by working hard to provide good governance, to sustain a system of checks and balances among the three branches of Government, and to strengthen the roles of the mass media and civil society in our national life.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“Democratization of the Council also means an equitable distribution of its membership, not only in terms of geographical representation, where we already have imbalances, but also in terms of constituencies. Hence, the world’s major civilizations should be proportionately represented. The world’s community of 1.1 billion Muslims must be represented on the Council if it is to be truly democratic. The need for democratization is also deeply felt at the regional level. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), I am pleased to say, we have responded to that need. The cause of democracy is gaining ground in the region as we transform ASEAN from a loose association into a true community that is firmly committed to the promotion of democracy and human rights. All members, without exception, strongly share that commitment.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“If we kill those principles, we have killed the ideal that holds the United Nations together. The sovereignty of States must be preserved if there is to be a democratic spirit in international relations. That idea is essential because, without democracy, a world organization like the United Nations cannot be effective. Indeed, the failure of the Security Council to come to grips with recent challenges to global security is due largely to the fact that it is not democratic enough. To make the Council more democratic, the use of the veto power of the permanent five must be regulated. The misuse of the veto by any one permanent member should no longer be allowed to 17 08-53129 paralyse the entire Council.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“Of the issues that the Council has failed to resolve, two are of great concern to Indonesia, namely, those recent cases that directly infringe on the principle of the territorial integrity and political independence of States, both involving external intervention that led to the secession of a part or parts of a State. Both cases involved major Powers. It is of the greatest importance to Indonesia and, I believe, to many developing countries that those recent cases do not set an ill-advised and dangerous precedent. Developing countries in the midst of nation- building and State-building would be extremely vulnerable to such precedents. The danger is that it takes only one misstep to kill principles that have been enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, such as the principle of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“There is more military spending now than there was at the end of the cold war. Moreover, the conflicts and tensions of a year ago are still with us. The dream of establishing a Palestinian State by the end of this year has virtually crumbled. The Iraqi and Afghan conflicts keep raging on. North Korea, the subject of so much uncertainty today, is backsliding from its commitment to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme. The nuclear issue in Iran remains unresolved. In the face of those conflicts and tensions, the Security Council should have been more decisive. That the Council has failed to resolve them is a cause for concern.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“After hosting the Bali conference that produced the Road Map, we have joined the troika of host countries to give the process a push among world leaders. By 2009, we should produce an ambitious post-2012 global climate regime that will contain global warming to within two degrees Celsius in the next 20 years. But even before the process is concluded in Copenhagen, we in Indonesia are partnering with other countries to enhance our topical forests and coral reefs in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. Even as we face the challenge of global warming in the physical world, we must also deal with the reality of a global chill in the politico-security field. Symptoms of that chill are the military tensions that have arisen in Eastern Europe. There is also a new arms race.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“It would be unwise and reckless, however, to address two crises by aggravating a third. We cannot allay the energy crisis and the crisis of global warming by deepening the global food crisis. That will only worsen the plight of humankind, but we can carry out a broad range of rational and coordinated policies and initiatives that address those crises systemically. We can address the energy crisis by developing all alternative sources of available energy, which will help mitigate global warming. Moreover, in the next 16 months we can advance the climate change agenda through the Bali Road Map, all the way from Bali to Copenhagen through Poznan. Indonesia is fully committed to that process.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“We should ensure that the World Trade Organization Doha development negotiations reach a conclusion that supports increased food production. Let us make use of the forthcoming review of the Monterrey Consensus on financing for development as an opportunity to devise ways to fund the Green Revolution. Let us be mindful, however, that agriculture does not always lead to a food harvest. It is even possible that an imprudent rush to produce biofuels will lead to a severe reduction of the food supply. It is true that by switching from fossil fuels to biofuels, we can cushion the impact of the skyrocketing of the world price of oil and thereby address the energy crisis. It is also true that, by making that switch in fuels, we reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thereby address the challenge of climate change.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“First, we can task the World Bank and the relevant United Nations bodies to develop ways and means of helping national Governments to spend more on agriculture and on rural infrastructures to empower small farmers. Secondly, let us ensure that the appropriate United Nations bodies link up with regional mechanisms for food security, such as common food reserves and early warning systems on regional food 08-53129 16 crises. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has such an arrangement and so do other regional arrangements. The United Nations can serve as the hub, while the regional arrangements serve as the spokes of a global wheel for food security. Thirdly, let us establish the framework for a global partnership on food security.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“We are going to export part of that as our contribution to global food security. We can do that because we have vastly improved our rice productivity by providing our farmers with microfinancing, improved seed varieties, cheap but appropriate farm technology and affordable fertilizers. We have thus developed some experience and expertise that worked for us and can work in other developing countries. We will continue to share those in the spirit of South-South cooperation. Food security is a cause in which everyone must be involved. In that light, I firmly believe that this General Assembly of ours is called upon to take a number of concrete measures.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“What the world needs today is a new Green Revolution — a Green Revolution that this time embraces the entire developing world, especially Africa. Developing countries must now put agriculture, especially food production, back into the core of their development agenda. For their part, the developed countries must put agriculture and food production into the core of their trade and aid programmes. In that regard, the experience of Indonesia may be instructive. It is not easy to feed a population of 230 million, the fourth largest in the world, but there are no food riots in Indonesia. Last year, we had a surplus production of rice. We used that surplus to bolster our national stockpile. That has contributed to national stability. This year, we expect another surplus of 5 per cent, which brings production to 36 million tons.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“I do not exaggerate. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food prices will remain high for the next three to five years. Rice stocks are falling to their lowest level since the mid-1970s. Wheat stocks are sinking to their lowest since 1948. Compounding the situation is the explosive growth of the world population. There is a huge unfilled demand for food. Food riots have already erupted in parts of the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. In 33 countries, especially those with fragile States, there is a real and present danger of social and political unrest because people are hungry. We must vigorously address the problem of global food insecurity. Otherwise, peace is at risk in the developing world and in pockets of poverty in the developed world.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“May I first congratulate Mr. D’Escoto Brockmann on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. I am sure that he will lead our deliberations with great wisdom and skill. I also wish to congratulate his predecessor, Mr. Srgjan Kerim, for ably guiding our sixty-second session. It is timely and wise that we focus our deliberations on the global food crisis and on the democratization of the United Nations. While those two issues appear to be vastly different, they have more to do with each other than meets the eye. For democracy means nothing if a part of humankind is well fed while a larger part of it goes to bed hungry every night. Human equality is a mirage in any country where a part of the population struggles against obesity while a larger part of it wonders where the next meal is coming from.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“But we who desire reform must keep faith and persevere. For three decades, armed conflict smouldered in Aceh, until it became clear to both sides that the only way out of a tragic situation was the way of peace. For more than three decades, Indonesian reformists struggled against the crushing weight of an authoritarian regime, until it became clear that our only way out of the Asian crisis was through democratic reform. We do not know when the moment of truth will come for the United Nations. We hope that it will come, not in the wake of a crisis, but at the dawning of a more enlightened time. Above all, we must never lose hope in the Organization’s capacity for reform, its perfectibility. We must keep on working — even harder than before. Then, when the moment of truth comes, we will be ready to seize the opportunity.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“We urge that the Economic and Social Council be empowered to effectively review and coordinate international cooperation for development. The envisaged Human Rights Council must uphold human rights as universal, indivisible and interdependent. It should be free from politicization and double standards; instead, it should promote dialogue as well as concrete cooperation. It should be a subsidiary body to the General Assembly. Finally, no effort aimed at United Nations reform can be complete unless it affirms and makes a reality the central role of the General Assembly as the main deliberative body of the United Nations. It may not be realistic to hope that these reforms will be realized this week or in the months to come. We 31 the Members of the United Nations are not sufficiently in concert to achieve an early breakthrough.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“The Commission must work in coordination with the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, under the mandate of the General Assembly. With regard to the fight against terrorism, we hope that a comprehensive convention can be concluded soon. International cooperation to address this problem should include efforts to deal with its root causes. We also hold that no human right may be sacrificed and that no international law may be violated in the fight against terrorism. We in Indonesia believe that interfaith dialogue and cooperation to empower moderate voices can significantly reduce violent radicalism. That is why we have sponsored and hosted Asia-Pacific and Asian- European dialogues on interfaith cooperation.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“We need a reformed Security Council that is more democratically representative. As the Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half of the human race and is the cradle of ancient civilizations and religions, we in Indonesia feel that it should have more seats on the Council. Moreover, we must do away with the right of the veto. We cannot afford to exclude global disarmament and non-proliferation from our agenda. We are not rid of the danger of nuclear annihilation. At the same time, developing countries must be allowed to engage in the peaceful use of nuclear energy to hasten their development. We need a Peacebuilding Commission to help countries in conflict make the transition from war to durable peace.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“The establishment of the Partnership was the most meaningful way in which we could observe the Golden Jubilee of the 1955 Asian-African Conference held in Bandung, which heralded the emergence of many new sovereign nations from the shadow of colonialism. In those formative years of ours, we sought to reform international relations through the United Nations. Today, we feel called upon to seek reform of the United Nations itself, for we are faced with the formidable challenges of development, security and human rights — three challenges that are interlinked and interdependent and that cannot be addressed separately. We therefore need a United Nations that is more effective and efficient and more democratic and accountable to its Members — an Organization with a balanced focus on those three challenges.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“We Indonesians love to build bridges. Last April, we served as host to the representatives of 106 Asian and African countries, many of them heads of State or Government, for the Asian-African Summit of 2005. During that historic Summit, we put in place the cornerstone for a bridge of cooperation across the Indian Ocean — the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership — on behalf of the 4.6 billion people of the two continents. Through the Partnership, both continents will intensify their political solidarity, economic cooperation and socio-cultural relations, including technical cooperation and human resources development.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“30 The fledgling democracies of the two countries stand a better of chance of succeeding if they work together in a spirit of reconciliation, friendship and cooperation, complementing the prosecutorial justice that has been carried out in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. With our other closest neighbours in South-East Asia, we are striving hard to become an ASEAN community that is at peace with itself and all others — a prosperous ASEAN living in harmony within the community of caring societies that we have long envisioned. We hope to see ASEAN play a pivotal role in the evolution of a new equilibrium in the Asia- Pacific region that will consolidate the peaceful engagement of regional Powers with one another. Today, ASEAN already serves as the driving force towards the development of an East Asian economic community.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“In a few weeks, we will put in place a social safety net that will cushion the impact of high oil prices on the poor. We are on target with our Millennium Development Goals on poverty reduction. Wherever there is social unrest in Indonesia, we bring justice and foster dialogue and reconciliation, as we did in Aceh. In the same spirit of reconciliation, Indonesia and neighbouring Timor-Leste have reached out to each other so that both nations might together close a painful chapter in our shared history. Together, we have established a commission of truth and friendship, tasked to bring about exposure of the truth and acknowledgement of responsibility for the human rights violations committed prior to and immediately after the popular consultations held in Timor-Leste in 1999. The commission started its work last August.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Peace and development in Aceh are the fruits of reform and democratization, which are pervading all of Indonesia. Starting this year, all local officials, governors, regents and mayors are directly elected by the people. Whereas the former rebel leaders once sought power through the bullet, they can now seek their legitimate aspirations through the ballot. Since 1998, we have enhanced our political institutions through constitutional amendments. We have overhauled our legal system, and we are adopting high standards of good governance in the corporate and public sector. We have pursued vigorous campaigns against corruption. We are now pursuing an economic strategy that is pro-growth, pro-poor and pro-job. We are strengthening the export sector, promoting investments to create jobs and speeding up rural economic development.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Those efforts led to the signing of a final agreement in Helsinki last month. That was the silver lining in the cloud of 26 December; it opened the eyes of both sides to the hopelessness of the situation without peace. It helps that there is international support for the peace process. At our invitation, the European Union and ASEAN contributing countries have provided monitors for the implementation of the peace agreement. In a way, it has created a precedent for the collaboration of two regional organizations in peacebuilding. The decommissioning and destruction of rebel weapons are working according to the peace agreement. The former rebels are back in the fold of the unitary Republic of Indonesia and are fighting on the same side as the Government in the struggle against poverty.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Through the World Bank’s Multi-Donor Trust Fund and bilateral mechanisms with donors, we have instituted a strict system that guarantees transparency and accountability in the disbursement of funds. Rehabilitation and development, however, cannot run smoothly without peace. And for many years there has been no peace. Before the tsunami, Aceh saw three decades of armed conflict caused by perceived economic injustices. Many Acehnese felt that they were not being given a fair deal by the central Government. As the conflict raged and took a heavy toll on human life, a vicious cycle was at work: violence impoverished the people, and in their poverty many resorted to violence. In the spirit of reform and in a democratic environment, efforts to address the problem of Aceh through dialogue and reconciliation were initiated in 2000.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“A decision was reached to develop a multi-nodal early warning system covering the Indian Ocean Rim countries. Within ASEAN, an agreement to establish stand-by arrangements to mitigate natural disasters was concluded last July. Those efforts were reflected in General Assembly resolution 59/233, initiated by ASEAN and sponsored by more than 130 United Nations Members. The reconstruction and rehabilitation of Aceh got off to an early start as the emergency relief phase was completed ahead of schedule. A master plan for reconstruction and rehabilitation was then devised. An agency for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Aceh was established and given broad powers.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Some 100,000 persons are still missing and presumed dead. The death toll would have been higher were it not for the quick and vigorous response of the international community and the United Nations. For that, the Indonesian people 29 are deeply grateful. The outpouring of sympathy and solidarity, as well as humanitarian assistance from all over the world, deeply touched us. Eleven days after the tragedy, we hosted in Jakarta a special summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami. At that summit, world leaders and the United Nations Secretary-General, as well as representatives of multilateral institutions, worked out a system of coordination and division of labour in attending to the stricken countries. Pledges were made of urgently needed assistance.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“We live in an age of unpredictable threats, against which there may be no airtight security measures. Tragedy could strike in the form of a deadly epidemic. It could be the handiwork of terrorists, like the attacks against New York City on 11 September 2001 or the Bali bombings of 2002. It could be a convulsion of nature, like the tsunami that demolished the Indonesian province of Aceh and nearby Indian Ocean Rim areas, or the storm tide that drowned New Orleans and much of Louisiana recently. On the tragedy of New Orleans, we extend our deepest condolences to the American people. We Indonesians know too well the enormous suffering that a natural catastrophe can bring. In Aceh alone, the tsunami of 26 December 2004 killed outright some 130,000 individuals. It destroyed 220,000 homes and displaced 572,000 individuals.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“We in Indonesia are devoutly committed to that end.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“We expect this network of regional organizations, in partnership with the United Nations, to be the ultimate form of multilateralism. This network can also help advance a global democratic agenda. To this end, Asia can make a significant contribution. Today Asia is certainly in the midst of a democratic flowering. A series of successful democratic elections in various Asian countries in recent months has been hailed worldwide as a political miracle that may be of deeper significance than the short-lived Asian economic miracle a decade ago. But democracy is never a miracle — never a gift, nor something imposed. It is always hard-earned and often the fruit of many sacrifices. And its ultimate worth depends entirely upon us, the people — on whether we have the political maturity, the wisdom and the courage to make it work and make it endure.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“As an economic and sociocultural community, we will be a stronger force for development and social integration in the Asia-Pacific region. Together with our counterparts in two continents, we are building a bridge of cooperation across the Indian Ocean to form a partnership for development. A summit of Asian and African nations will formally establish this strategic partnership in April 2005 in Jakarta. At the same time, the summit will pay tribute to a watershed event in the cause of equitable international relations. Thus, we will observe the Golden Jubilee of the Asian-African Conference held in Bandung in 1955. Moreover, ASEAN is networking in all directions, with its counterparts in the rest of the Asia- Pacific region, in Latin America and in Europe.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“For the coalition that would fight terrorism and poverty to be truly multilateral and democratic, it must include the regional organizations, which are envisioned in the United Nations Charter as the pillars of global multilateralism. 14 The United Nations itself, in extending assistance and services to countries all over the world, needs support at the regional level. This is why we in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are striving to develop a robust partnership with the world Organization. We are confident that this partnership will prosper, as ASEAN evolves into a true community by the year 2020. As a security community, we will assume full responsibility for our security and political stability.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“And it must address the root causes of terrorism: the grievances and the poignant sense of injustice that drive human beings to such depths of despair that they would carry out the most heinous acts of mass murder and destruction. It must address grievances due to a poverty that is the offshoot of social and economic inequity, the affronts of tyranny and corruption, and the failure of States to deliver a standard of living that befits human dignity. Included are grievances due to political oppression, such as the aggression and brutalities that the Palestinian people continue to suffer in the hands of the occupying Power.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“This is not to deny that terrorists are still capable of wreaking havoc on our societies. Just two weeks ago, they struck again in the heart of Jakarta, killing nine innocent civilians and wounding 150 others. We in Indonesia condemn this act of inhuman savagery, mourn the loss of innocent life and share the pain and anger of the wounded and the bereaved families. But we are by no means intimidated. We will bring the perpetrators to justice as we have always done after every terrorist attack. Our faith remains firm that the fight against terror can be won. The world can be made immensely safer. But the global coalition to defeat terrorism must be inclusive. It must be multilateral and democratic. It must empower the moderates of the world.”
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“As a founding member and active player of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77, the Group of 15, the Developing Eight and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, our commitment to the promotion of international peace and understanding is self-evident. Indonesia has made key contributions to the peaceful resolution of conflicts in its region, notably in Cambodia and southern Philippines. It continues to actively build peace and stability in the region. A developing world striving not only for social and economic progress but also for democratization must have a voice on the Security Council. Moderate Islam must have a voice on the Council. Indonesia would be that voice. And that voice will insist — as we now insist — that the fight against terrorism, like the related fight against poverty, can be won.”
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