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The Directorate General of Transportation carries out the activity "Dissemination of Public Service Documentation and Technical Guidance for Management of Public Service Documentation" (Photo : Directorate General of Sea Transportation) - 

Voinews, Jakarta - To improve the quality of public services, the Ministry of Transportation of Directorate General of Transportation carries out the activity "Dissemination of Public Service Documentation and Technical Guidance for Management of Public Service Documentation" including the use of the microsite on the Hubla portal for documentation and publication of performance achievements. This aims to increase transparency and accessibility of information for the public.

The event, which was held online and offline in Jakarta on 20 - 23 February, was opened by the Secretary of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Lollan Andy Sutomo Panjaitan, who in his speech emphasized the importance of ensuring that public services are carried out in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws and regulations.

"We all realize that quality public services are an integral part of our duties and responsibilities in supporting the development of the maritime transportation sector," said Lollan.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Wednesday (21/02/24), to increase transparency and accountability, Lollan highlighted the important role of microsites in disseminating performance achievements, such as community satisfaction survey results. It is hoped that this will make it easier for the public to access information about sea transportation.

Lollan also underlined the importance of documentation in assessing the success of public service implementation. Evaluation of monitoring of public service documentation reporting carried out in January 2024 provides a valuable picture for all parties.

"We all agree that good public service is an important part of our duties and responsibilities in advancing the maritime transportation sector," he said.

For your information, this event was attended by representatives from public service delivery units within the Directorate General of Public Relations, totaling 302 (three hundred and two) consisting of 6 (six) head office work units and 296 (two hundred and ninety six) technical implementation units (UPT). .

"The duties and responsibilities as a public service delivery unit have been clearly regulated, and we have actually carried them out in the implementation of services in the maritime transportation sector," stressed Lollan.

Therefore, through the "Dissemination of Public Service Documentation" program, the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation aims to improve the quality of public services, one of which is by implementing documentation via a microsite on the Hubla portal.

In addition to the Dissemination of Public Service Documentation, in order to provide knowledge and guidance in the implementation of public service documentation, the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation through the Organization and Public Relations Section also carries out Technical Guidance on the Management of Public Service Documentation in stages to all public service delivery units.

"It is hoped that through the Dissemination of Public Service Documentation activities and Technical Guidance for Public Service Documentation Management, we will all get complete information and knowledge about public services, so that we can contribute positively to improving the quality of public services in the field of sea transportation," said Lollan.

The event "Dissemination of Public Service Documentation and Technical Guidance for Management of Public Service Documentation" is expected to be a significant first step in efforts to improve the quality of public services in the maritime transportation sector.

Through commitment and good cooperation from all parties, the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation is confident that performance achievements in the field of bureaucratic reform will continue to increase, as a concrete manifestation of building the nation and state//VOI

A woman rests with children, as Palestinians arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis due to the Israeli ground operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Feb 15, 2024. (Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem) - 

Voinews, CAIRO/JERUSALEM - Fighting, fuel shortages and Israeli raids put the Gaza Strip's second-largest hospital completely out of service on Sunday (Feb 18), local and United Nations (UN) health officials said, as Israel battled Hamas militants in the devastated Palestinian enclave.

Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis still sheltered scores of patients suffering from war wounds and Gaza's worsening health crisis, but there was no power and not enough staff to treat them all, health officials said.

"It's gone completely out of service," Gaza health ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al Qidra told Reuters.

"There are only four medical staffers currently caring for patients inside the facility," he said.

Gaza's hospitals have been a focal point of the four-month-old war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, which controls the besieged territory.

Most have been put out of action by fighting and lack of fuel, leaving a population of 2.3 million without proper healthcare while tens of thousands have been wounded by airstrikes and many others suffer from chronic illness and, increasingly, starvation.

Israel has raided medical facilities alleging that Hamas keeps weapons and hostages in hospitals. Hamas denies this. The international community says hospitals, which are protected under international law, must be protected.

The World Health Organization (WHO) urged Israel to grant its staff access to the hospital, where it said a week-long siege and raids by Israeli forces searching for Hamas militants had stopped them from helping patients.

"Both yesterday and the day before, the @WHO team was not permitted to enter the hospital to assess the conditions of the patients and critical medical needs, despite reaching the hospital compound to deliver fuel," WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media platform X.

The Israeli military said its special forces were operating in and around Nasser Hospital and had killed dozens of Palestinian militants and seized a large amount of weapons in fighting across Gaza over the past day.

"Dozens of terrorists were eliminated and large quantities of weapons were seized," it said in a statement.

The military said this week it was hunting for militants in Nasser Hospital and had arrested at least 100 suspects on the premises, killed gunmen near the hospital and found weapons inside it.

Hamas has denied allegations that its fighters use medical facilities for cover.

Israel's air and ground offensive has devastated much of Gaza and forced nearly all of its inhabitants from their homes. Palestinian health authorities say 28,985 people, mostly civilians, have been killed.

The war began when Hamas sent fighters into Israel on Oct 7, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and seizing 253 hostages, according to Israeli tallies//CNA-VOI

Archive; Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister, Retno Marsudi during a press confrence on ASEAN Ministerial Summit 2023 (Photo: NK-VOI) - 

Voinews, Jakarta - The international court of justice (ICJ) will hold hearings on the status and legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Therefore the Indonesian foreign affairs minister, Retno Marsudi will deliver Indonesia's statement on February 23rd 2024 in The Hague.

The UN General Assembly previously requested the ICJ to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation in Palestine. The ICJ’s advisory opinion is said to carry great legal weight despite not being legally binding. 

53 countries and 3 international organisation are scheduled to deliver oral statement.

According to ICJ’s official website, aside from Indonesia, countries such as Qatar and the UK are scheduled to deliver their statements later that day. China and Malaysia will have their turns the day before.

The public hearing that Retno will soon attend is a different track than what South Africa is pursuing. South Africa not long ago brought a genocide case against Israel at the ICJ.

Indonesia cannot join this lawsuit as it is not a signatory to the Genocide Convention, which becomes the basis of South Africa’s lawsuit. Even so, Indonesia has voiced its support for what South Africa is doing at the ICJ//VOI

The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at UN headquarters in New York, US, Sep 23, 2019. (File photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson) - 

Voinews, United Nations - The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote on Tuesday (Feb 20) on an Algerian push for the 15-member body to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, said diplomats, a move the United States signalled it would veto.

Algeria put forward an initial draft resolution more than two weeks ago. But US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield quickly said the text could jeopardise "sensitive negotiations" aimed at brokering a pause in the war.

Algeria requested on Saturday that the council vote on Tuesday, diplomats said. To be adopted, a UN Security Council resolution needs at least nine votes in favour and no vetoes by the United States, Britain, France, China or Russia.

"The United States does not support action on this draft resolution. Should it come up for a vote as drafted, it will not be adopted," Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement on Saturday.

Washington traditionally shields its ally Israel from UN action and has already twice vetoed council action since Oct 7. But it has also abstained twice, allowing the council to adopt resolutions that aimed to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza and called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in fighting.

Talks between the US, Egypt, Israel and Qatar are on to seek a pause in the war and the release of hostages held by Hamas.

"It is critical that other parties give this process the best odds of succeeding, rather than push measures that put it - and the opportunity for an enduring resolution of hostilities - in jeopardy," Thomas-Greenfield said.

The likely council vote comes as Israel also plans to storm Rafah in southern Gaza, where more than one million Palestinians have sought shelter, prompting international concern that such a move would sharply worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

"The situation in Gaza is an appalling indictment of the deadlock in global relations," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

When asked to explain, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Guterres was "pointing the finger" at the lack of unity in the Security Council "and how that lack of unity has hampered our ability ... to improve situations around the world"//CNA-VOI