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RI elected to UN Human Rights Council for third time

Indonesia has been elected member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the period 2011-2014, Indonesian ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

NAM ministerial meeting to formulate movement`s future vision

The 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) in Bali next May 23-27 is expected to formulate a ...

WALHI hails planned moratorium on forest clearing

The Indonesian Environmental Forum (WALHI) has hailed the government`s plan to sign the presidential regulation ...

Malignant malaria still haunts Indonesia

For many years, malaria has been a frightening specter across the world, especially in countries with vast areas of ...

African mediators in Libya amid NATO air strikes

A high-ranking African Union delegation arrived in Libya on Sunday to try to negotiate a truce between Moamer ...

Forests can`t afford delay in moratorium`s implementation

The government is supposed to impose a moratorium on deforestation starting January 2011, but it has been delayed for ...

No Indonesian soldier among UN plane crash victims in Congo

There were no Indonesian soldiers among the 32 dead victims of the UN plane crash that happened in Congo on Monday ...

26 aboard UN plane killed in Dr Congo crash

A UN plane crash on Monday killed 26 people at the airport in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of ...

UN welcomes RI`s wish to become hub of peacekeeping centers

Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Alain Le Roy said Indonesia`s initiative as hub of ...

UN wants RI police women in peace-keeping missions

UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Alain Le Roy praised Indonesian peacekeepers` performance ...

AU panel opposed to military intervention in Libya

A high-level African Union panel on the Libyan crisis Saturday rejected "any kind of foreign military intervention" in ...

TNI mission in Congo sets good example

The officers of the United Nations force in Kongo (Mission De L`Organisation Des Unies Pour La Stabilisation En ...

UK Government and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announce New Commitment to Eradicating Polio

- Citing dramatic gains achieved with polio vaccines, Prime Minister David Cameron, Bill and Melinda Gates call on ...