• Former MFA Ali Alatas Visit the Mission, 11 March 2003

The former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Alatas held a meeting at the Indonesian Mission to the United Nations with the home staff members of the Mission and the Indonesian Consulate General on Tuesday, 11 March 2003.

Mr. Ali Alatas, in his capacity as Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Indonesia was in New York from 10-14 March. He met with the appropriate UN High Officials including the UN Secretary General, the Administrator of UNDP, and the Special Coordinator of UNOSCAL.

Mr. Alatas discussed the forthcoming meeting of the First Asian-African Sub Regional Organization Conferences (AASROC) which is schedule to be held in Bandung, Indonesia, 16-17 April 2003.

• Interactive Dialogue with Human Rights Watch, 05 February 2003

The Indonesian Mission to the United Nations invited Human Rights Watch to hold an interactive dialogue on human rights issues, at its mission on Wednesday, 05 February 2003. Mr. Brad Adams (Executive Director), Mr. Rory Mungoven ( Director Advocacy) and Ms. Charmin Mohammad ( Researcher) involved in fruitful dialogue with home staff members, including Ambassador Slamet Hidayat, who chaired the dialogue.

• Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Working Group on Disarmament, 20 - 22 January 2003

In preparation for the XIII Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 20-25 February 2003, the Non-Aligned Movement Working Group on Disarmament has been tasked to discuss the draft Final Document for the Summit focusing in particularly on the issues of international security and disarmament. For this purpose, Indonesia, as the Coordinator of the Working Group, has hosted a series of meetings at its Mission from 20 to 22 January 2003.

• Briefing for US students , 20 January 2003

As part of their curriculum, US students take UN model classes, in which they act as a representative of a UN member country, such as Indonesia. In this connection, every year the Permanent Mission provides hundreds of US students with current affairs and various aspects of Indonesian life and history. In addition, as part of its public information programme outreach, home-staff members of the Permanent Mission regularly visit campuses across the United States to discuss with students basic positions on various issues under discussion at the United Nations, and to provide general information on Indonesia.