The visit of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN), Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein to Indonesia received a positive response from the Indonesian government. In his visit, Zeid raised several issues related to human rights in Indonesia. The government of Indonesia declared no regret, because through the visit, the commissioner has obtained a lot of information related to Indonesia, especially the implementation of human rights that have been carried out. This was affirmed by the Indonesian Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Hasan Kleib in Jakarta recently.
“...Why there is no regret is that I do not want any omission that from 2014, almost four years, he only heard the reports if there was an incident. During his term of office in Geneva, he has listened to reports coming in; nobody has reported any positive matters. Why I do not regret it? We do not want any omission. He is told every day that there is an incident but he does not know where Indonesia is and how large Indonesia is; he does not know whether in Indonesia its people are open,” Hasan said.
Furthermore, Hassan Kleib added he had told Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein that Indonesia is not a perfect country without human rights shortcomings. However, Indonesia has to provide human rights protection to all its citizens. The visit of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was on the invitation of the government of Indonesia as a form of government transparency on humanitarian issues. Even though his visit coincides with some revisions of the Criminal Code, which Al Husein considers to discriminate the minorities, he even said that after his three-day visit, the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights was amazed to see how vast Indonesia is. (VOI-Rezha/RHM)
The World Radio Day is commemorated every 13th February. The commemoration is expected to be a precious moment to encourage development and provide beneficial information for the people. This was stated by Advisor for Communication and Information of UNECSO Jakarta, Ming Kuok Lim at a special interview with RRI World Service -Voice of Indonesia at UNESCO Office in Jakarta recently. He further said that radio has its own power in disseminating information, especially in developing countries.
”...Radio remains important source of information for many people, especially people in the developing world and we see radio especially this year’s theme Radio and Sports as force to encourage civic participation and sustainable development,” Ming Kuok Lim said.
Moreover, Ming Kuok Lim also explained that UNESCO assumed radio to have played a major role in disseminating and encouraging values and information flow in sports. He hoped radio can be a media which encourages the world development. (VOI/AF/ALIKA/RHM)
Fascinated by the beauty of Seribu Rumah Gadang in West Sumatra, President Joko Widodo launched the revitalization program of the area ofSeribu Rumah Gadang in South Solok Regency, West Sumatra Province. In his message at the peak event of the Press National Day 2018 in Padang, West Sumatra, the President expressed his admiration when he passed-by the district of South Solok duringhisworking visit to West Sumatera Province. He said that the revitalization program is expected to be completed within one-year development.
“...This morning, I've instructed my minister to complete this year. And later, this revitalization is also a prototype for the existing Rumah Gadang in West Sumatra in particular, and also throughout the country. But I further said again that I and Minister of Public Work and PublicHousing saw this morning the beauty of a very beautiful village at Pariangan in Tanah Datar. I assigned all of these both in Solok Selatan and another village –Pariangan that we saw this morning at 7 o'clock, haveto be completed this year. We have to restore the landscape of the existing houses, so that the existing traditional houses both in Solok and Pariangan will get more beautiful and beautiful,” President Joko Widodo said.
Furthermore, President Joko Widodo said that he has also instructed his ministers to revitalize the residence of journalist and senior litterateur from West Sumatra Djamaloedin Adinegoro. He added that the family of Djamaloedin Adinegoro had requested the revitalization for the construction of the Adinegoro museum which will house a lot of collections of Djamaloedin Adinegoro's writings in his lifetime. During his lifetime, Djamaloedin Adinegoro was a journalist and litterateur who had created many kinds of writings, including the first Atlas of Indonesia and Encyclopedia in Indonesian language. (VOI/Ndy/Trans by Rhm)