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36313
Thu, 12/18/2008 - 16:48
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HOUSE PASSES BILL TO RATIFY PALERMO CONVENTION
Jakarta, Dec. 18 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) at a plenary session here Wednesday passed a bill on the ratification of the UN Convention against Transnational Crime or otherwise also known as the Palermo Convention.
The House plenary approved the bill after spokesmen of all political party factions in the House in their final views expressed their support for the government's proposal to ratify the convention.
Effendy Choirie, a member of the DPR Commission I and chairman of the PKB (National Awakening Party) faction, said the Indonesian government must prepare regulations for the implementation of the Palermo Convention.
He hoped that by having the law, the government would be able to bring corruptors especially those involved in the BI Liquidity Support (BLBI) scandal, to court.
In 2000 the United Nations adopted the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and two protocols, namely Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; and Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
The UN Convention is called the Palermo Convention because an informal meeting on international convention against organized transnational crime was held in Palermo, Italy, from 6 to 8 April 1997
The House plenary approved the bill after spokesmen of all political party factions in the House in their final views expressed their support for the government's proposal to ratify the convention.
Effendy Choirie, a member of the DPR Commission I and chairman of the PKB (National Awakening Party) faction, said the Indonesian government must prepare regulations for the implementation of the Palermo Convention.
He hoped that by having the law, the government would be able to bring corruptors especially those involved in the BI Liquidity Support (BLBI) scandal, to court.
In 2000 the United Nations adopted the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and two protocols, namely Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; and Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
The UN Convention is called the Palermo Convention because an informal meeting on international convention against organized transnational crime was held in Palermo, Italy, from 6 to 8 April 1997
