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RELEASE No. 93/PR/XII/2004 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia takes this opportunity to sincerely express its appreciation and gratitude to all friendly countries and various international organizations/entities which have indicated their readiness and commitments to extend humanitarian aids in the wake of the natural disaster. In this respect, the Department of Foreign Affairs has set up a special working group – called as “Pokja Deplu bagi Penanganan Bencana Alam” –to coordinate international relief assistance and aids forwarded to the disaster areas in the two provinces. In its operation, the special working group will serve as a unit which coordinates its activities with the National Coordinating Agency for Natural Disaster and Refugees Relief (Bakornas PBP) which, as stipulated by the Presidential Decree no. 3/2001, has been appointed as the main coordinating agency at the national level. The Director General for Information, Public Diplomacy, and International Treaties and the Director General for Protocol and Consular Affairs have been appointed as chairmen of the special working group, while the Head of Legal Bureau at the Department of Foreign Affairs serves as the secretary. Among the functions to be carried out
by the special working group are to coordinate international aids with
the Bakornas PBP; provide information to local and foreign media regarding
activities by the Department of Foreign Affairs in facilitating disaster
relief operation; help in facilitating consular matters; coordinate
with relevant government agencies/departments; coordinate with provincial
governments of NAD and North Sumatra; as well as coordinate with foreign
embassies and missions in Indonesia. Other important contacts are as follows: • Directorate of Diplomatic Facilities, Jl. Taman
Pejambon no. 6, Consular
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