No subject

political risk. In much of the community, there was a genuine fear that 
arresting and prosecuting radical Muslims under new anti-terrorism laws, would 
provoke uprisings and claims of religious persecution.

It has not happened and those who have worked with him say Pastika is 
responsible and should be thanked for ensuring his investigation has been open 
and transparent.

As Suryanto himself observed: "His police have not arrested these people 
without strong evidence."

Since he took on the job, the 51-year-old two-star general has become one of 
Indonesia's best-known citizens, his face appearing constantly in newspapers 
and TV news programs.

Pastika is a lifelong admirer of Gandhi's non-violent philosophy who does not 
mind admitting his job as a policeman can force him to act contrary to his 
conscience.

"I have an experience still in my heart," he told Indonesia's Kompas newspaper 
last year.

"It involved forgery of stamps and the one who did it was a very poor man. I 
arrested him in a small house, in a small alley. His kids cried and hung on to 
his legs, his wife cried; they brought him his pills wrapped in plastic.

"Every time I remember that, my skin crawls," he said.

"Imagine, it's a crime against the state but he's very poor, he did not get 
much money from that, just enough to eat for 10 days. I was really sad, It was 
in 1982 . . . I still cry about it."

Pastika's fame has spread well beyond Indonesia with a profile of him appearing 
in The New York Times. Last year Time magazine's Asian edition named him its 
person of the year.

Despite the attention and the accolades, Pastika has retained his 
straightforward, almost humble manner that is unusual among many of his peers. 
In his new job he was offered a Mercedes, he took the Toyota.

"It's ironic if I drive a Mercedes while my subordinates go on foot," he 
explained.

The first explosion in Pastika's life came in 1963 when Mt Agung erupted and 
his family were among thousands of Balinese who were forced to abandon their 
homeland and move to other parts of the country.

With his parents and four brothers he ended up in Sumatra and lived for a time 
on an undeveloped farm where the family battled starvation that killed 
thousands of other displaced Balinese.

There was no school nearby and in his early teens, he left home for the nearby 
city of Bengkulu.

"I wanted to go to school because in Bali I was a star, my marks were nine, 
nine and ten," he told Kompas in an interview detailing his early life. 

But he was alone, impoverished with nowhere to live.

"One day I fell down I was so weak from hunger. Then someone carried me to his 
house and I lived there and became a houseboy," he said.

He remembers his job was hard, working in the house of a poor Chinese man who 
sold ice-creams, but it allowed him to stay at school.

This hunger to learn kept driving Pastika and when his father stopped farming 
and started a school, he returned home to help and study.

After his morning classes, he taught elementary school for his father before 
doing an English course at night, a workload that helped prepare him for the 
relentless demands of the Bali investigation.

His English skills learnt then have made him the person that everyone wants to 
talk to, from ambassadors to journalists and politicians.

"Especially when the phone call comes from Washington, from Sydney, I must 
answer in English, I cannot transfer it to my spokesman because he cannot speak 
English, that's the problem.

"For the first 5 or 6 weeks, I slept only 2 or 3 hours a day, in a car as it 
was driving around," he said.

With those days behind him Pastika can now start to think of the future for him 
and his force.

He hopes the skills his police officers have learnt working with foreigners 
will remain, along with some new-found respect for a notoriously corrupt police 
force.

"Slowly we are getting the trust and confidence of the people," he said.

For real progress though. he admits bribery will have to end. As most police 
pay bribes just to join Indonesia's force, that change will not come easily.

"Once you become a policeman, you'll do anything to get your money back," 
Pastika said.

His first priority is for justice to prevail in the Bali bombings case.

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said this week that 
executing the bombers could make them martyrs.

Pastika reckoned he was wrong and that Keelty did not really understand his 
country.

"I don't think so. You know, this group is a small group, a small group in our 
country where most of our people are very moderate and tolerant," Pastika said.

"This group was separated from the society in their village; they are a very 
small group, so why will they become martyrs?"
-- Matthew Moore is The Age Indonesia correspondent.
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The Jakarta Post.com
National News
February 15, 2003
Rights groups to ask for UN intervention in E. Timor trial 
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will use the occasion of 
the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in 
Geneva next month to press for international intervention in the ongoing East 
Timor human rights trials.

The coalition said on Friday the demand was aimed at preventing the human 
rights trials on the East Timor massacre from setting the norm for rights 
tribunals in the country. 

"We will ask the upcoming UNCHR assembly to urge the international society 
through the UN Secretary-General to request the Security Council to evaluate 
and assess the rights tribunal on East Timor," said Ikravany Hilman, 
spokesperson for the coalition. 

The coalition expressed its disappointment with the way the ad hoc trial 
proceeded. Due to the lack of key witnesses, the human rights court has 
acquitted 11 defendants and in four cases has handed down minimum or light 
sentences, which have never been executed pending appeals. 

The annual meeting will take place from March 17 to April 25. 

"Indonesia has practiced impunity in the ad hoc rights tribunal. The trial is 
only a scam to protect those individuals who have committed gross human rights 
violations in East Timor, because the tribunal is neither independent nor 
impartial and has failed to adopt the international standard," he said. 

The coalition, therefore, would urge the international community to declare 
rights violators in the East Timor cases as hostis humani genesis, or "the 
enemy of mankind", he said. 

"As the enemy of mankind, violators can be arrested by government authorities 
outside Indonesia, who would consider them to be a common enemy," he said. 

Rights activists have been campaigning for more human rights tribunals for the 
Tanjung Priok massacre of Muslim protesters by the military in 1984, the 
Trisakti and Semanggi shootings of students by police and military during the 
riots of 1998, and the Abepura killings of activists by the military in then-
Irian Jaya, in 1999. 

"But because of the case of East Timor, there has been growing concerns that 
other rights trials will also be a farce," Ikra said. 

However, the coalition shelved the idea to set up an international criminal 
tribunal, as in the cases of the former leaders of Yugoslavia and Rwanda, 
because it would be expensive and the trials would take a long time, he said. 

"We will accept the current rights tribunal with closer monitoring from both 
local and international parties," he said. 

The coalition also called upon the Indonesian government to invite special 
rapporteurs on torture, who would monitor the protection of human rights in the 
country. 

The coalition consists of dozens of NGOs on human rights, such as the Institute 
for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam), the Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI), the 
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), and the 
Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial). 
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The Age (Melbourne)
East Timorese torture victims share their pain
February 15 2003
-- No magic wand, but it helps to talk, says a psychotherapist. Jill Jolliffe 
reports from Dili.

A small group of East Timorese ex-prisoners listens, transfixed, to the text of 
the UN's 1987 Convention on Torture.

For the first time they learn that the people who tortured them are considered 
criminals. The listeners break into broad smiles and give thumbs-up signals.

Between them they represent years of imprisonment and violence. Two women of 
different generations have been gang-raped by Indonesian soldiers, one in 1977, 
the other in 1997. Most have suffered electric shocks under interrogation, some 
have had fingernails torn out and one has had his head split open with a 
machete.

They arrived at this three-day workshop for survivors of torture with an air of 
suspicion, but learned that sharing experiences was liberating.

Psychotherapist Viet Nguyen-Gilham, of the International Catholic Migrations 
Commission, ran the workshop. She does not pretend to offer torture survivors a 
magic wand, but hopes to make some difference. In coming months she and her 
Timorese team will begin work in the countryside.

Filomeno Gomes, 61, was jailed and tortured in 1988, 1990 and 1991 for his 
nationalist beliefs. All these years later, he rarely sleeps, and suffers from 
nightmares.

"It helps to talk to others," he says. "The worst thing for me is that our 
Government has been informed of the situation of ex-prisoners, but has done 
nothing." 

It is almost three years since the international community intervened here, yet 
only now is the widespread problem of torture being addressed seriously. It 
affects every aspect of life in contemporary East Timor, where anger is quick 
to boil over and violence is frequently met with violence.

Dr Nguyen-Gilham's strategy is to put people in touch with their feelings.

"I tend to work from a model of strength and resilience," she says, noting that 
UN and church attitudes have contributed to repression.

"Two years on from UN entry (the slogan) 'Let's build the new nation' hasn't 
allowed people to go back over what they suffered during these 24 years," she 
says. "People have been taught to forget the past and to forgive, and the 
result is that people's feelings are frozen."

Participants have been selected for their desire to help others as well as 
themselves, as part of the solution. Each person counselled in this group 
setting will later become a counsellor, initiating groups with an emphasis on 
treatment in a community setting.

East Timorese collaborators are a key to success. They present the information, 
lead discussion and support participants if they become distressed.

Maria da Silva, 49, was arrested in 1977 after Indonesian intelligence agents 
learned she and some women friends were helping resistance fighters. She was 
driven to a barracks, and led with one of the other women into an interrogation 
room full of soldiers. "We denied everything," she says. "We were then 
undressed and gang-raped, punched and burnt with cigarettes."

Portuguese Bishop Jose Ribeiro tried to enter the prison, but soldiers stopped 
him.

Ms da Silva's ordeal, including three months of solitary confinement, continued 
until her release 17 months later.

She will testify next week for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's first 
public hearing on ex-prisoners.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Date: 14 Feb 2003

Indonesia - OCHA Consolidated Situation Report No. 115
8 February - 14 February 2003 

1. NATURAL DISASTERS 
Various media reported that heavy rainfalls in Java, South Sumatra, Kalimantan, 
South Sulawesi and South Easter Sulawesi, have led to the displacement of many 
victims. Various media quoted Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional 
(Center of National Space and Aviation Institute), saying that Banten, West 
Java, Central Java, East Java, Aceh, North Sumatra, Riau, Bengkulu, West 
Sumatra, Lampung, Central Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and West Timor provinces are 
expecting floods and landslides until March 2003. 

Asia Times reported on Thursday (13 Feb.) that the recent floods and landslides 
in Indonesia are the latest reminders for Indonesia to attend the past 
environmental mistakes. Meanwhile, the impact of flood has been worsened by the 
damaged environment, especially due to deforestation in the country. 

Jakarta Floods 
According to The Jakarta Post on Friday (14 Feb.), a spokesman for the Greater 
Jakarta division of the state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api, Zainal 
Abidin, revealed that the tracks at Kampung Bandan station in North Jakarta 
were inundated up to 10 centimetres causing the delays of trains. The delays 
also occurred at Depok railway station. 

Floods inundated Jakarta on Thursday (13 Feb.) after five hours of heavy rains. 
In some areas, the flooding had reached 100 centimetres above the street level. 
The Governor of Greater Jakarta, Sutiyoso, stated that heavy rains on Wednesday 
night (12 Feb.) increased the water level up to 150 centimetres at the sluice-
gates, causing the floods. As an early warning, the Satkorlak of Greater 
Jakarta announced that some areas would be experiencing medium floods due to 
the opening of the sluice-gates in Manggarai and Depok. The sluice-gates were 
forced to be opened due to the heavy flow of Sunter, Pesangrahan, and Ciliwung 
rivers. On Friday (14 Feb.), the Operations Centre of Satkorlak of Greater 
Jakarta released information on the temporarily displaced persons as follows: 

[to see chart go to: 
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/a94094ac73e84191c125671c002fcbbc/68fdf1929834
59a0c1256ccd0047d06f?OpenDocument]

(Data collected on Thursday, 13 Feb., source Posko Banjir DKI, Information 
Centre for Jakarta Floods 2003. The data above indicates the number of 
evacuation posts in use. Satkorlak of the Provincial Government of Greater 
Jakarta has prepared a total of 811 evacuation posts, 565 public kitchens, and 
378 medical posts throughout Jakarta). 

Papua Floods/Landslides 
A Papuan local newspaper, Cendrawasih Pos, reported on Tuesday (11 Feb.) that 
the landslide occurred in Yigi and Mugi villages, Tiom sub-district of 
Jayawijaya district during last December - January has caused ten deaths. 
According to the local church, Gereja Yigi, some people died of food shortage 
and diseases since there was no medicine available in the local puskesmas or 
any food supply during the disaster. 

Cendrawasih Post also reported on Saturday (8 Feb.) that landslides on 18 
January in Okbul village, Okbibab sub-district of Jayawijaya district caused 
one death and displaced 77 families (356 people), seeking refuge in 
neighbouring areas. The landslides are still occurring, as there have been some 
tremors. The Head of Subdistrict of Okbibab confirmed that people are now 
suffering from food shortage and there no assistance has been provided by the 
Government or other parties. 

2. ACEH (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam) 

General Situation 
According to local media reports, one civilian was killed during the week. 

HDC reported in a press release on Monday (10 Feb.) that the representatives of 
GAM and GoRI presented their blueprints for the crucial demilitarisation phase 
on Saturday (8 Feb.). The broad outlines of the demilitarisation plan call for 
a five-month phased, balanced and reciprocal process. HDC will act as the hinge 
of trust to ensure compliance by both parties. GAM has agreed to the phased 
placement of its weapons in the secret locations that only HDC knows. The 
weapons sites will be subject to no-notice inspections by an in-coming team of 
HDC inspectors. In return for the GAM weapons placement, GoRI has agreed to 
reformulate the BRIMOB paramilitary units from being an offensive force to 
a "normally functioning police force." GoRI has also agreed to relocate its 
soldiers to defensive positions by transforming them to a defence force. 

JSC agreed on Saturday (8 Feb.) to establish six new Peace Zones. The newly 
created Peace Zones will encompass Kawai XVI sub-district of West Aceh 
district, Peusangan sub-district of Bireuen district, Sawang sub-district of 
South Aceh district, Tiro sub-district of Pidie district, Simpang Keramat sub-
district of North Aceh district, and Idi Tunong sub-district of East Aceh 
district. JSC has designated the Peace Zones for the areas severely affected by 
the conflict in the past. Such places will be the initial focus for the 
humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation and reconstruction. International 
donors have specifically referred to Peace Zones as prime focus for economic 
aid. 

The Jakarta Post reported on Thursday (13 Feb.) that the police arrested 
Muhammad Nazar, an Aceh pro independence activist and chairman of the Aceh 
Referendum Information Centre (SIRA), charging him with organising an illegal 
rally in January. According to his wife, Nazar was arrested by seven Banda Aceh 
Police officers at his home in Lampulo Baru village, Banda Aceh at 1:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday (12 Feb.). This is the second arrest for Nazar in two years. 

Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs, Susilo Bambang 
Yudhoyono, went to Lhokseumawe and Banda Aceh from 8 to 12 February to evaluate 
the latest security developments in Aceh in relations to the initiation of the 
demilitarisation phase being effective as of Sunday (9 Feb.). 

Assessments 
JRS travelled to Pidie, East Aceh, and North Aceh districts from 2 to 10 
February to conduct initial assessments for the development of its new 
programmes for 2003 in assisting IDPs and returnees in the province. 

Health 
WHO is carrying out training on mental health research for team leaders from 5 
to 10 February. The research team will be dispatched next week to 5 sites Banda 
Aceh, Great Aceh, Sabang, Pidie, and Southeast Aceh. OCHA provided security 
briefings for the researchers who will carry out their tasks in the field. 

SC US visited Tangse and Geumpang sub-districts of Pidie district from 7 to 9 
February to monitor its "Posyandu Cadres" training. Some 270 cadres from 27 
villages participated in the training. SC US also conducted meetings with local 
clinic officials and communities as a start of its scabies treatment and 
campaign. An SC US consultant is currently working on establishing guidelines 
for the treatment process, which will be later approved by the Provincial 
Health Department. 

Water and Sanitation 
CARDI travelled to Central Aceh and North Aceh districts on Saturday (8 Feb.) 
to monitor previous emergency preparedness sites and assess sites for the 
current rehabilitation of water and sanitation facilities programmes. 

CARDI is conducting a field trip to Nagan Raya and Southwest Aceh districts 
from 13 to 16 February to monitor the ongoing water and sanitation activities 
under its Flood Emergency Response Programme. 

Economic Recovery and Infrastructure 
CARDI started a selection of its local partners in East Aceh district on 
Saturday (8 Feb.) following potential partners' submission of concept papers 
for the Community Development Micro-Grants Programme. 

3. CENTRAL SULAWESI 

General Situation 
A local newspaper, Nuansa Pos, reported on Saturday (8 Feb.) that a bus 
passenger was shot dead in Kayamanya of Poso Kota sub-district by a BRIMOB 
personnel from East Kalimantan. According to a local newspaper, Radar Sulteng, 
on Monday (10 Feb.), the Chief of Police East Kalimantan had approved the 
request from the Chief of Police Central Sulawesi, Brig. Gen. Taufik Ridha, to 
dismiss the personnel. 

Assessments 
The second team of a joint mission, that consisted of ten people from UNDP, 
ILO, the Coordinating Ministry of Social Welfare and National Development 
Agency (BAPENAS), arrived in Palu on Sunday (9 Feb.) to further assess needs, 
define priorities and select possible partners for the implementation 
of "Preparatory Assistance Project for Central Sulawesi". 

A radio and communication consultant from OCHA/NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council), 
Sten Ove Bergstrom, undertook a field assessment in Poso district from 9 to 11 
February to define an appropriate shared communication system for humanitarian 
agencies in Central Sulawesi. This activity is part of a four-week assessment 
in the province. 

Health 
IMC conducted a mobile clinic programme on Thursday (13 Feb.) in Limbue village 
of North Pamona sub-district. The mobile clinic treated 72 patients of women 
and children. 

IMC held an Intensive Education Campaign (IEC) focusing on the safe motherhood, 
newborn care and immunisation for 195 people on Monday and Thursday (10 and 13 
Feb.) at Posyandu Tegal Rejo and Posyandu Gebang Rejo of Poso Kota sub-
district, and in Limbue villages of North Pamona sub-district. 

Water and Sanitation 
CWS provided concrete rings for the construction of eight units of latrines on 
Tuesday (11 Feb.) in Londi and Peonea villages of North Pamona sub-district. 

Other 
CARE held a two-day meeting from 10 to 11 February to discuss its "Long Range 
Strategic Plan" for the upcoming five years. Some 27 persons from CARE 
management and relevant government representatives attended the meeting. 

4. MALUKU 

General Situation 
A local newspaper, Ambon Ekspres, reported on Thursday (13 Feb.) that the 
Government of Maluku established a new monitoring team on Tuesday (11 Feb.) to 
solve IDP issues by the end of 2003. Members of the team were drawn from 
several institutions, such as social welfare, health, public works, manpower 
and transmigration departments, as well as from a non-governmental sector, such 
as NGOs, religious leaders and the media. 

Ambon Ekspres reported on Monday (10 Feb.) that the first court hearing on 
persons accused of associating with violence in Maluku including bomb attacks 
allegedly carried out by a gang called "Coker" (lead by Berty Manuputty) was to 
take place on Monday (10 Feb.) at a North Jakarta court. 

Ambon Ekspress quoted the Commander of Military Division II Pattimura 
(Pangdam), Major General Djoko Santoso, on Monday (10 Feb.), saying that until 
now his division has not found any indications of a Laskar Mujahidin's 
existence in Maluku, but investigations by the military would continue. Santoso 
added that rumours of such existence might have been spread by people who do 
not want Ambon to be in a stable situation. He advised that people should not 
be easily provoked by unclear allegations. 

Assessments 
A team of ICMC staff and local partners completed field assessments on IDP 
issues (number of individuals, and vulnerability relating to the needs in food, 
health and resettlement) for strategic planning. The assessments were conducted 
on Seram island, which included 23 villages in Werinama sub-district, 7 
villages in Bula sub-district, 10 villages in TNS/Amahai sub-district, and 11 
villages in Wahai sub-district. 

IMC assessed the extent of rehabilitation needs at three pustu in Kobisonto 
village of Seram island. 

A team of SC UK conducted a follow up assessment in an IDP camp at Halong Navy 
Base of Ambon island, for implementation of its "Creating Safe Areas for 
Children" project (under the Early Childhood Development programme). The team 
learned that many displaced families remained in the camp, though some have 
returned to their places of origin. The TNI commander of the base stated that 
in spite of the new government policy on IDPs, many of the IDPs would remain in 
the camp until 2005. 

The Head of Fisheries Department in Ambon visited Mercy Corps on Friday (7 
Feb.) to get information on LNGOs involved in Mercy Corps' funded fisheries 
programmes and their areas of operation. 

A psychosocial support specialist from UNICEF visited Ambon from 9 to 13 
February to assess and evaluate projects implemented in Maluku province during 
2001-2002. 

Health 
The Department of Health and UNICEF launched the first HIV/AIDS awareness 
workshop in the province on Thursday (13 Feb.). The purpose of the workshop was 
to raise awareness of the epidemic and its special risk in conflict areas. Some 
senior government and NGOs officials attended the workshop. 

IMC this week conducted a total of 1,718 medical consultations at its health 
stations on Buru and Seram islands. 

IMC conducted rehabilitation of the health facilities on Seram and Buru 
islands. Meanwhile, the steady progress was made in rehabilitation of Masohi 
Polindes (Village Clinic), Polindes Usliapan and Polindes Centres on Seram 
island. 

A mobile clinic team of MSF-B this week made 394 medical consultations at its 
health centres on Ambon Island. 

MSF-B Out Reach Programme this week conducted a total of 230 medical 
consultations on Kelang island near Seram island. 

Water and Sanitation 
AcF completed the well cleaning programmes in several villages on Buru island. 
In addition, AcF continues the implementation of several water assistance 
programmes on the island, such as pipe line connection and tap installation in 
Tawiri village, as well as installation of borehole in Air Sakula village. 

MSF-B Outreach Health Projects continued to provide service at several 
locations on Ambon island. In Belakang Kota (a suburb of Ambon City), MSF-B 
continued construction of latrine. Meanwhile in Rimba Raya (Ambon city suburb), 
MSF-B finished the construction of public shower facilities. At the IDP camp in 
Halong navy base, MSF-B called for community participation in provision of 
latrines. In Kampong Wara and THR IDP camps (a suburb of Ambon City), 
construction of rain catchments is on-going, while construction of wells at 
Rumah Tingkat was completed. 

Mercy Corps funded a LNGO, Yayasan Siran Loor, to build 12 latrines in Somlain 
village of South East Maluku. 

Mercy Corps monitored the water and sanitation programme in Silale village of 
Ambon island on Tuesday (11 Feb.). The programme is implemented by a LNGO, 
Yayasan Inti Persada Anak Nusa. 

Education 
Mercy Corps and a LNGO, Lembaga Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat, discussed 
establishment of cooperation with Student Community Service (KKN) for their 
future programme on Wednesday (5 Feb.). 

Economic Faculty of Pattimura University and Mercy Corps discussed a 
possibility for joint training on "Business Plan" for LNGOs. 

SC UK is supporting an English language training called "Cas Cis Cus" (Just 
Talk) project, which is aimed at supporting reconciliation between Christian 
and Muslin Junior and Senior High School students. In relation to this project, 
SC UK visited schools in Leihitu and Amahusu to socialize the major events, 
that will take place at a joint workshop on 8 March 2003. 

UNICEF conducted a four day workshop from 5 to 9 February on "Library 
Management", combining it with "Child Rights" and "Peace Building" elements in 
order to promote intercommunity play groups and creative learning. Some 60 
participants (mainly teachers, village facilitators and library staffs) 
attended the workshop. The workshop was part of UNICEF's Mobile Library project 
that is aimed at bringing books to remote areas for the fulfilment of 
children's educational and recreational rights. 

Food Security and Agriculture 
AcF continued the Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) activity by making 
registration of vulnerable communities and distributing seeds and tools. The 
activity, which is under AcF's Income Generating Programme (IGP), was started 
at the end of 2002 and is expected to finish at the end of March 2003. 

Economic Recovery and Infrastructure 
CARDI approved a total of USD10,000 to finance six projects from LNGOs and five 
projects from community-based organisations that cover various needs in the 
field of environment, health, education, income generation, and reconciliation. 

Mercy Corps and 11 LNGOs held a coordination meeting on "Economic Empowerment" 
on Monday (10 Feb.) at the NGOs centre. The agenda of the meeting was 
distribution of seeds and tools in North Buru and South Buru, Lease, Banda and 
Seram islands. 

Other 
SC UK has reached an arrangement with TNI Navy at Halong navy base to conduct 
sport activities (swimming, badminton, tennis lessons etc) for youth in the 
Halong IDP camp and other parts of Ambon City. 

SC UK facilitated/arranged participation of two children from Maluku Children's 
Parliament and two escorts in the Third Annual Children's Congress in Denpasar, 
Bali. The theme of the congress was "Listen to our peaceful voice." Some 219 
children from 30 provinces participated in the congress. A participant from 
Maluku, Hesty Ipa Enim was appointed as the "Ambassador for Indonesia 
Children." 

5. NORTH MALUKU 

Population Movements 
The Social Welfare Office assisted the return of 520 displaced families (1,400 
people) from Ternate to Galela sub-district on Saturday (8 Feb.) and 161 
displaced families (485 people) from Ternate to Galao and Ngajam villages of 
Loloda subdistrict on Monday (10 Feb.). 

Food Security and Agriculture 
FAO, in cooperation with the local Department of Fisheries & Marine, and the 
Department of Agriculture, has started the preparation for implementation of 
the project to support development of fisheries and agriculture in North 
Maluku. In relation to this project, FAO travelled to the Halmahera mainland to 
determine/adjust cost/budgets required for the project implementation based on 
a local market price. 

Health 
UNICEF continued monitoring of distribution of cold chain and refrigerators for 
vaccination, immunisation and sterilisation at the warehouses in Central 
Halmahera district and Ternate municipality on 10, 11 and 14 February. 

Shelter and Non-food Items 
WVI monitored its Roofing Kit projects in South Jailolo sub-district from 7 to 
10 February, on Morotai island on Saturday (8 Feb.), and in Galela sub-district 
on Monday (10 Feb.). 

WVI socialized its Housing Kit programme in Gotalamo village of Galela 
subdistrict on Tuesday (11 Feb.). 

Education 
WVI distributed magazines developed through its Magazine Production programme 
to SD Inpres Soa Sio, SD Inpres Ngidiho, SD Min Soakonora, and SD Inpres 
Soakonora, all in Tobelo sub-district on Tuesday (11 Feb.). 

WVI held an inauguration event for its Happy House programme in Gamhoku village 
of Tobelo sub-district on 7 February. (N.B. A Happy House is a special shelter 
for the displaced children where various activities specially designed for 
children are carried out). 

Economic Recovery and Infrastructure 
WVI distributed and monitored its infrastructure project in Galela sub-district 
(covering Lalonga, Roko and Mamuya villages), South Jailolo sub-district 
(covering Toniku, Dodinga and Pasir Putih villages), and Luari village of 
Tobelo sub-district. 

6. PAPUA 

General Situation 
Local media headlined the creation of a new province, West Irian Jaya, by the 
Central Government based on Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No: 27 Year 2003. 
Reports from Papua indicated that parts of the Papuan community have expressed 
their discontent over the division of the province and staged demonstrations to 
urge the Central Government to review it. This raised tension with regard to 
the local security situation, but no clashes occurred. 

Food Security and Agriculture 
Local media reported that natural disasters (heavy rains, earthquakes, and 
landslides) that occurred in Okbibab and Kurulu sub-districts of Jayawijaya 
district have destroyed plantations, gardens and crops in the areas. It was 
also reported that the victims in those two sub-districts plus Tiom sub-
district suffered from food shortage. 

Health 
Local media reported that the relevant government authorities have not taken 
any significant steps, including medicine supply, in regards to the endemic 
diseases occurred in some sub-districts in Jayawijaya district and Atsi sub-
district of Merauke district. 

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