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EARTH WIRE -- Indonesian NGOs laud Presidential order to stop mercury use in mining

Numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have lauded the order issued by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to stop ...

Papua committed to halt gender violence

The government of Papua Province is committed to halt violence based on gender discrimination by issuing a Special ...

Malaysian customers urgeHSBC to stop funding forest fires in Indonesia

Dissatisfied Malaysian customers on Tuesday presented HSBC with a mock cheque with 228,434 signatures urging the bank ...

Buddhist leader's annual peace proposal stresses power of youth in building global solidarity, calls on civil society to play active role in nuclear disarmament talks

-Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, issued his 35th annual peace ...

Indonesia believed to be vital contributor to Middle East peace

Indonesia was invited to attend a conference in Paris on January 15, 2017, as the country is believed to be an ...

President Jokowi to launch national apprenticeship movement

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is set to launch a national apprenticeship movement at the Karawang International ...

Policy reforms are paying-off in Indonesia: World Bank

World Bank Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific, Victoria Kwakwa, said policy reforms are paying-off in ...

EARTH WIRE -- 100 parties join Paris Agreement: UN Official

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, ...

Antiterrorism law revision must be finalized soon

The draft revision of Law No. 15/2003 on Antiterrorism, which is under the deliberation of the House of ...

Bali Declaration to be adopted as official UN document

The Bali Declaration, released at the recently concluded World Culture Forum 2016 (WCF 2016), will be sent to UNESCO ...

WCF Bali Declaration focuses on culture to drive sustainable development

The World Culture Forum 2016 (WCF 2016), held in Nusa Dua, Bali, ended on Thursday with the Bali Declaration, which ...

WCF 2016 concluded with Bali Declaration launched

- World Culture Forum 2016 concluded on October 14, ended up with the issuance of Bali Declaration, 10 points of ...

VP Kalla stresses on importance of transparency at OGP meeting

Indonesias Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla emphasized the importance of awareness about transparency and public services ...

Second Global NCD Alliance Forum to be held in Sharjah, UAE in December 2017

- The NCD Alliance yesterday evening announced that the second Global NCD Alliance Forum will take place on 9-11 ...

Jokowi to attend G20 Summit in China

President Joko Widodo will attend the G20 Summit along with other state leaders in Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, ...