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Jakarta City Philharmonic -JCP, a city orchestra concert initiated by the Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) along with the Jakarta Arts Council (DKJ) holds an orchestra concert in 2018. This year, the JCP concert is held eight times at Taman Ismail Marzuki Jakarta Theater and starting on April 18th. The Music Committee of the Jakarta Arts Council, Aksan Sjuman in a press conference held in Jakarta on Wednesday, April 18th said that the public interest to attend this concert is very high. There are a number of online reservations reaching 1,700 reservations. Meanwhile, the capacity of seats is available as many as 1,200 seats. Due to this limited seating, the DKJ has to cancel 700 reservations.

“Because of the very high people’s interest, this month we must cancel 700 reservations. This building is only able to accommodate 1,200 people. So, 700 people from total 1,700 persons have to be cancelled,” Aksan said.

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He also added that during the two years of this concert in the title, there was a significant increase in visitors. In 2016, this concert is only visited by 200 people, while in 2017, it was visited by about 1,400 people. (Egi/Trans by Rezha)

Vice Governor of Jakarta, Sandiaga Uno said that the Jakarta city government supports the Jakarta City Philharmonic 2018. This was disclosed by Sandiaga Uno in his speech at the Jakarta Philharmonic Concert in Jakarta on Wednesday (April 18^th).

“…We will keep supporting the Jakarta City Philharmonic. This community is participative and collaborative part. After one year, the Philharmonic community has successfully created a good initiation. It is time for Jakarta government to attend and support a very positive activity for the people,” Sandiaga said.

In addition, Music Committee of the Jakarta Arts Council, Aksan Sjuman said that Jakarta City Philharmonic was formed to equip Jakarta as a metropolitan city. Just like any major city in the world, the presence of a professional orchestra is a cultural necessity of modern metropolitan city. (Egi/Trans by Rezha)

The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Food, Hilal Elver officially visited Indonesia. This visit was appointed directly by the United Nations Human Rights Council and aims to assess how Indonesian people enjoy the rights to food, including recommendations for good practices and challenges faced today. During a press conference on his observations in Indonesia in Jakarta, Wednesday, (April 18), Hilal Elver said that during his ten-day visit from April 9 to 18, she had a meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Andi Amran Sulaiman and Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti. In addition, she also attended meetings with high-ranking officials and civil society organizations.

“…I had two meetings with Ministerial level from the Ministry of Agriculture and the other is Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, and various Ministerial High Level Officials; they give me briefings. And then i met with the civil society organization, here as you know, as Komnas HAM and Komnas Perempuan. We have a big meeting to come,” Hilal said.

Hilal Elver further said that she had visited local government and civil society in Palembang, Yogyakarta and Ambon. During her visit to the three cities, she had the opportunity to learn about specific practices and issues related to regional differences. (Egi/Trans by Rezha/RHM)

Ciletuh Geopark in West Java declared as part of Global Geopark network on the 204^th UNESCO Executive Board commission's meeting in Paris, France on April 14, 2018. Permanent Representative of Indonesia to UNESCO for 2015-2018 period, Fauzi Soelaiman said, after the long process, Ciletuh successfully becomes one of global Geopark. At a Discussion themed Indonesia World Heritage in International Diplomacy and Interaction on Tuesday, April 17, he said West Java provincial government has built road to Ciletuh Geopark, Pelabuhan Ratu. According to him, this infrastructure development effort is highly appreciated by UNESCO. In addition, academics from Padjajaran University also participated in various research related to Ciletuh, and support the process to declareCiletuh as Geopark by UNESCO. Bythis recognition,the number of tourist visiting the area will increase.

“If a site has been recognized by UNESCO.They usually put the symbol of geopark there. Then more people will come. UNESCO’s recognition shows that the site has been good, well managed.It is the magnetif we got recognition from UNESCO, said Fauzi.

Fauzi pointed out that after Wakatobi was declared Man and The Biosphere by UNESCO, there was a surge in the number of visits. He reminded, the future challenge is to create sustainable tourism. According to Fauzi, things concerning cleanliness and sustainability of nature will be the attention of UNESCO in the future. In addition to Ciletuh Geopark, at the session the commission also declared Mount Rinjani, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara as the world Geoparks. Previously, Batur Geopark in Bali and Gunung Sewu Geopark have been declared as Global Geopark. In the future, Caldera Toba will be nominated as Global Geopark Network. (VOI/Sekar/DP)