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Indonesia to host international meeting on counterterrorism

Indonesia will host the second International Meeting on Counter-Terrorism (IMCT) in Nusa Dua, Bali, on August 10, to ...

Hugua, back as NGO activist again

Hugua is now back to his old passion, becoming an NGO activist, after completing his second term as district head of ...

Manado holds consultative meeting on sustainable management of coral reefs

As many as 61 countries, including Indonesia, are participating in a consultative meeting on the sustainable ...

Ex-UN general assembly president died in weight-lifting accident

The death of John Ashe, a former United Nations General Assembly president accused by U.S. prosecutors of taking ...

Israel elected to head permanent UN commitee for first time

Israel on Monday won an election to chair the United Nations legal committee, the first time that it will head one of ...

Indonesian ambassadors appointed to key committees of UN

Three Indonesian diplomats were chosen by acclamation as head of a number of main committees of the United Nations ...

VP, UN advisor discuss sustainable development in Indonesia

Vice President Jusuf Kalla and UN Secretary Generals Advisor for sustainable development Jeffrey Sachs discussed ...

Faith groups issue interfaith statement calling for urgent action towards nuclear weapons abolition in Geneva

-   On May 2, a group of diverse faith-based organizations issued a powerful interfaith statement ...

Indonesia to be host for World Press Freedom Day 2017

Indonesia has been chosen as the host for the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in 2017, according to Indonesian ...

Indonesia affirms death penalty as a state`s sovereignity

The Indonesian government has affirmed that having the death penalty on its statute is part of the sovereignty of a ...

Indonesia becomes 10th largest contributor to UN security forces

Indonesia has managed to become the 10th largest contributor to the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Forces among the ...

Former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

Nancy Reagan, the former actress who was fiercely protective of husband Ronald Reagan through a Hollywood career, ...

RI, Mauritania hope OIC to solve Palestinian problem

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Mauritanian counterpart Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih, in a bilateral ...

OIC expected to strengthen concensus on freeing Palestine from IS

Nearly 50 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will gather in Jakarta for the March 6-7, ...

Buddhist leader calls for respect for dignity of all, protection of refugees and most vulnerable

-In his annual peace proposal released on January 26, titled "Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to ...