INDONESIA: JAKARTA ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL TAKE FIVE YEARS TO REBUILD ACEH PROVINCE
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584819
INDONESIA: JAKARTA ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL TAKE FIVE YEARS TO REBUILD ACEH PROVINCE
- Title: INDONESIA: JAKARTA ESTIMATES THAT IT WILL TAKE FIVE YEARS TO REBUILD ACEH PROVINCE
- Date: 9th January 2005
- Summary: (W3) JAKARTA, INDONESIA (JANUARY 9, 2005) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING 0.04 2. CLOSE OF FOREIGN MINISTRY SIGN 0.07 3. SLV U.S. CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JAMES LEACH GETTING OUT OF LIMOUSINE AND GREETING INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HASSAN WIRAJUDA 0.17 4. WIDE OF WIRAJUDA GREETING OTHER MEMBERS OF U.S. CONGRESS DELEGATION 0.22 5. S;LV WIRAJUDA AND LEACH WALKING INTO BUILDING WITH DELEGATION 0.28 6. VARIOUS OF U.S. CONGRESS DELEGATION MEETING WITH WIRAJUDA AND INDONESIAN OFFICIALS 0.35 7. SMV WIRAJUDA AND INDONESIAN OFFICIALS 0.40 8. SMV U.S. SENATOR JON CORZINE WITH LEACH AND OTHER CONGRESSMEN 0.44 9. WIDE OF US. DELEGATION AND INDONESIAN OFFICIALS MEETING 0.48 10. WIDE OF WIRAJUDA SPEAKING TO REPORTERS 0.53 11. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HASSAN WIRAJUDA SAYING: "We talk about one year for emergency relief and between one to five years for rehabilitation and reconstruction. And even United Nations, through United Nations the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction may take five to 10 years. That is why it is important here to talk about resources. What resources? National, international one, that is why many proposals how to assist Indonesia not only in terms of emergency relief but in the ensuing process of rehabilitation and reconstruction." 1.36 12. WIDE OF (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JAMES LEACH SAYING: "Indonesia has become the centrepoint of interest around the world possibly for a new kind of idealism in public policy. We are impressed with the efforts of many countries and the Indonesian government leading this effort. Also of the type of institutions, faith-based institutions, non-governmental organisations to military organisations with everyone becoming a soldier for peace. And we are hopeful a new model can be established how one deals with natural disasters and conceivably even a new bettering of relations on dealing with man-made disasters." 2.19 13. SLV INDONESIAN OFFICIALS LISTENING TO PRESS CONFERENCE 2.22 14. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN JAMES LEACH SAYING: "The United States government has committed 350 million dollars but all indications are it will become substantially larger than that if you factor in all of the various parties, private, public and various kinds of levels. We don't look at this as a dollar and cents issue, I would truly stress. This is a everything-that-needs-to-be-done-should-be-done kind of circumstance." 2.54 15. SLV U.S. AND INDONESIAN OFFICIALS LEAVING THE PRESS CONFERENCE 2.58 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: JAKARTA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
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- Story Text: Jakarta estimates it will take up to five years to
rebuild tsunami devastated Aceh.
Jakarta said on Sunday (January 9) it will take up
to five years to rebuild its Aceh region which was
devastated by a tsunami two weeks ago.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said
rebuilding Aceh would depend on the availability of
national and international resources.
"We talk about one year for emergency relief and
between one to five years for rehabilitation and
reconstruction. And even United Nations, through United Nations the
pro
cess of rehabilitation and reconstruction
may take five to 10 years. That is why it is important here
to talk about resources. What resources? National,
international one, that is why many proposals how to assist
Indonesia not only in terms of emergency relief but in the
ensuing process of rehabilitation and reconstruction,"
Wirajuda told reporters after meeting a delegation of U.S.
Congressmen and a Senator at his office in the capital
Jakarta.
Indonesian authorities have reported more than 100,000
deaths in the Aceh and the northern Sumatra region from the
tsunami which washed out coastal regions of the Indian
Ocean on Dec. 26.
The tsunami was caused by a undersea earthquake that
measured 9.0 on the Richter Scale, with total deaths in the
region estimated at 156,000. A number of world leaders are
visiting the region with the U.S. delegation led by
Congress House International Relations Committee chairman
James Leach touring Aceh on Saturday (Jan 8.)
"Indonesia has become the centrepoint of interest
around the world possibly for a new kind of idealism in
public policy. We are impressed with the efforts of many
countries and the Indonesian government leading this
effort. Also of the type of institutions, faith-based
institutions, non-governmental organisations to military
organisations with everyone becoming a soldier for peace.
And we are hopeful a new model can be established how one
deals with natural disasters and conceivably even a new
bettering of relations on dealing with man-made disasters,"
Leach told reporters after meeting Wirajuda.
He said the United States would commit more to the
growing pledges by rich nations to tsunami-affected nations.
"The United States government has committed 350
million dollars but all indications are it will become
substantially larger than that if you factor in all of the
various parties, private, public and various kinds of
levels. We don't look at this as a dollar and cents issue,
I would truly stress. This is a
everything-that-needs-to-be-done-should-be-done kind of
circumstance," Leach said.
At an emergency conference in Jakarta last Thursday
(Jan 6) the United Nations agreed to coordinate relief,
rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in the
disaster-struck region.
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