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68695
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INDONESIA ENCOURAGES DISARMAMENT EFFORTS IN ASIA
London, July 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia encourges disarmament efforts in the Asian region, the director of international security and disarmament of the ministry of foreign affairs, Desra Percaya, said.
He made the statement at the Berlin Conference on the Destruction of Cluster Munitions, ANTARA learned from the Indonesian embassy in Berlin, Germany.
Percaya said Germany and Norway in cooperation with Indonesia planned to organize a regional meeting on cluster munitions at the end of 2009.
Indonesia will invite countries that have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions to make the meeting a success, he said.
He said the decision to hold the meeting was based on consideration that such meetings had been mostly held in Europe.
By holding the meeting in Indonesia it was hoped the region could be more active in efforts of universalizing the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).
The Berlin Conference on the Destruction of Cluster Munitions was organized by the German government in cooperation with Norway.
It was attended by around 276 participants representing governments, international organizations or civil society organizations linked to the issue.
During the meeting Desra Percaya also chaired the discussions on national planning, reporting and international cooperation.
The conference was aimed at encouraging countries to implement their obligation put in the CCM and discussing latest developments on the issue such as ratification and implementation, stockpile destruction, retention, international cooperation and assistance and reporting mechanism as well as future steps for achieving the CCM commitment.
At the opening of the conference, German minister of state Gernor Erler emphasized the importance of disarmament which was one of the priorities in German foreign policies and therefore Germany was fully committed to supporting global efforts in the destruction of cluster munitions as regulated in the CCM.
Norway's state secretary Espen Barth Eide meanwhile appealed to all countries to immediately hit the ground and run to implement their commitment to the CCM.
Until June 10 ten countries have ratified the CCM and 98 others had also signed it.
Twelve countries had already destroyed cluster munitions of various types.
Efforts in the destruction of cluster munitions are a complicated process in view of the big number of munitions, destruction technicalities and environmental aspects of destruction.
In view of that planning needs to be made as early as possible so that the countries could meet their target which was set within eight years.
Without detailed planning it would be difficult for countries to meet their obligation in the CCM.
The deputy foreign minister of Laos, Boumkeut Sangsomsak, also conveyed his country's plan to hold the first meeting of state parties in November 2009.
Chile meanwhile plans to hold a regional meeting in October and a Universal Conference in Preparation of the 1st Meeting of State Parties early in 2010.
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He made the statement at the Berlin Conference on the Destruction of Cluster Munitions, ANTARA learned from the Indonesian embassy in Berlin, Germany.
Percaya said Germany and Norway in cooperation with Indonesia planned to organize a regional meeting on cluster munitions at the end of 2009.
Indonesia will invite countries that have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions to make the meeting a success, he said.
He said the decision to hold the meeting was based on consideration that such meetings had been mostly held in Europe.
By holding the meeting in Indonesia it was hoped the region could be more active in efforts of universalizing the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).
The Berlin Conference on the Destruction of Cluster Munitions was organized by the German government in cooperation with Norway.
It was attended by around 276 participants representing governments, international organizations or civil society organizations linked to the issue.
During the meeting Desra Percaya also chaired the discussions on national planning, reporting and international cooperation.
The conference was aimed at encouraging countries to implement their obligation put in the CCM and discussing latest developments on the issue such as ratification and implementation, stockpile destruction, retention, international cooperation and assistance and reporting mechanism as well as future steps for achieving the CCM commitment.
At the opening of the conference, German minister of state Gernor Erler emphasized the importance of disarmament which was one of the priorities in German foreign policies and therefore Germany was fully committed to supporting global efforts in the destruction of cluster munitions as regulated in the CCM.
Norway's state secretary Espen Barth Eide meanwhile appealed to all countries to immediately hit the ground and run to implement their commitment to the CCM.
Until June 10 ten countries have ratified the CCM and 98 others had also signed it.
Twelve countries had already destroyed cluster munitions of various types.
Efforts in the destruction of cluster munitions are a complicated process in view of the big number of munitions, destruction technicalities and environmental aspects of destruction.
In view of that planning needs to be made as early as possible so that the countries could meet their target which was set within eight years.
Without detailed planning it would be difficult for countries to meet their obligation in the CCM.
The deputy foreign minister of Laos, Boumkeut Sangsomsak, also conveyed his country's plan to hold the first meeting of state parties in November 2009.
Chile meanwhile plans to hold a regional meeting in October and a Universal Conference in Preparation of the 1st Meeting of State Parties early in 2010.
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