INDONESIA: US SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL ARRIVES IN JAKARTA TO ASSESS AIDS EFFORTS AFTER ASIAN TSUNAMI DISASTER
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INDONESIA: US SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL ARRIVES IN JAKARTA TO ASSESS AIDS EFFORTS AFTER ASIAN TSUNAMI DISASTER
- Title: INDONESIA: US SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL ARRIVES IN JAKARTA TO ASSESS AIDS EFFORTS AFTER ASIAN TSUNAMI DISASTER
- Date: 4th January 2005
- Summary: (W5) JAKARTA, INDONESIA (JANUARY 4, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (NIGHT SCENES) 1. WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF MILITARY AIRPORT LOUNGE 0.04 2. VARIOUS SECURITY 0.12 3. WIDE OF PLANE TAXIING ON TARMAC 0.18 4. SLV GROUND CREW SIGNALLING PLANE 0.22 5. CLOSE OF PLANE 0.24 6. WIDE OF OFFICIALS WAITING TO GREET US SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL 0.30 7. VARIOUS OF POWELL WALKING DOWN STEPS , BEING GREETED AND GETTING INTO CAR 1.03 8. WIDE OF PLANE ON TARMAC 1.09 9. VARIOUS OF CONVOY LEAVING 1.21 10. SLV POWELL ENTERING JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER MEETING INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HASSAN WIRAJUDA 1.37 11. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) POWELL SAYING: "I just want you to know that the American people stand in solidarity with our Indonesian friends. We will do everything we can to help you. It's amazing the scale of this disaster. When you and I spoke on Sunday, I think the estimate for the first day was perhaps 1800 lives were lost, and now just a week later, as the enormity of the situation is becoming more apparent, we approach 100,000. It truly is a calamity which will have far reaching implications. And as we discuss in our meeting, this is not just a one-time humanitarian relief effort or rescue effort. This has to be a long-term reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts to rebuild homes, and families, and lives. And you can count on the United States being with you for this longer rebuilding period." 2.31 12. SLV CAMERAMEN 2.32 13. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) POWELL SAYING: "We're responding because the human dimensions of this catastrophe. It turns out that the majority of those nations in fact are Muslim nations. We will be doing it regardless of religion, but I think it does give the Muslim world and the rest of the world an opportunity to see American generosity, American values in action, where we care about the dignity of every individual and the worth of every individual, and the need to respond to the needs of individual of whatever faith." 3.07 14. WIDE OF POWELL AT PRESS CONFERENCE 3.12 15. SCU GOVERNOR JEB BUSH LISTENING 3.18 16. SLV CAMERAMAN 3.22 17. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) HASSAN WIRAJUDA SAYING: "This is a matter of reality, not only political statements. Let's help us, certainly because of the the tragedy of this nature. We know that we could not do it alone for that matter. The international assistance are a major components of the process and that's why the conference that we will organise on Thursday, because we believe that co-operation among countries and the people to address and help the effects of the tragedy and help the affected countries. We're not only speaking about Indonesia, but Indonesia and other countries in the region that are also badly affected by the crisis." 4.12 18. WIDE OF WIRAJUDA AND POWELL LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 4.27 19. END OF NEWS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
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- Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell begins his
visit to Indonesia - country worst hit by the Asian tsunami.
Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in
Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday (January 4), kicking
off a three-day visit to assess the United States' relief efforts for
t
he country.
After meeting his Indonesian counterpart Hassan
Wirajuda Powell told reporters: "I just want you to know
that the American people stand in solidarity with our
Indonesian friends. We will do everything we can to help
you. It's amazing the scale of this disaster. When you
(Wirajuda) and I spoke on Sunday, I think the estimate for
the first day was perhaps 1800 lives were lost, and now
just a week later, as the enormity of the situation is
becoming more apparent, we approach 100,000. It truly is a
calamity which will have far reaching implications. And as
we discuss in our meeting, this is not just a one-time
humanitarian relief effort or rescue effort. This has to be
a long-term reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts to
rebuild homes, and families, and lives. And you can count
on the United States being with you for this longer
rebuilding period,"
In total more than 94,000 people were killed by the
tsunami in Indonesia's Aceh - a province of about four
million at the northern tip of the island of Sumatra -
making up two thirds of the total known toll from the
Indian Ocean disaster of about 150,000.
The Indonesian Health Ministry said nearly 400,000
people were refugees in Aceh, a staunchly Muslim province
where the strict Islamic Sharia laws are enforced.
"We're responding because the human dimensions of this
catastrophe," Powell said. "It turns out that the majority
of those nations in fact are Muslim nations. We will be
doing it regardless of religion, but I think it does give
the Muslim world and the rest of the world an opportunity
to see American generosity, American values in action,
where we care about the dignity of every individual and the
worth of every individual, and the need to respond to the
needs of individual of whatever faith."
At the end of his Indonesia visit, Powell will join
other world leaders - including Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan - in Jakarta on Thursday
(January 6) to discuss co-ordinating the complex relief
effort.
A total of $2 billion (USD) has already been pledged
for tsunami relief so far, the biggest humanitarian mission
since World War Two.
"This is a matter of reality, not only political
statements. Let's help us, certainly because of the the
tragedy of this nature. We know that we could not do it
alone for that matter. The international assistance are a
major components of the process and that's why the
conference that we will organise on
Thursday, because we believe that co-operation among
countries and the people to address and help the effects of
the tragedy and help the affected countries. We're not only
speaking about Indonesia, but Indonesia and other countries
in the region that are also badly affected by the crisis,"
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said.
As a multinational force of aid workers, military
aircraft and ships descend on Asia, hundreds of tonnes of
aid create a logistical nightmare for authorities battling
to send emergency supplies to tsunami victims.
Addressing problems facing relief efforts across
tsunami-stricken countries, Thursday's summit is not only
hoped to be able to better co-ordinate aid distribution
among donor countries and world bodies, but also to draw
lessons from the disaster, including looking at a future
warning system.
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