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Created
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08JAKARTA2170
2008-11-25 11:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS
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SUBJECT: BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS
REF: A. JAKARTA 2072
B. JAKARTA 1970
Classified By: DepPol/C Stanley Harsha, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
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SUBJECT: BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS
REF: A. JAKARTA 2072
B. JAKARTA 1970
Classified By: DepPol/C Stanley Harsha, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be
attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the
Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several
observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a
deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending.
Invitations for observer countries to attend the December
10-11 event, including to the U.S., will be sent out at the
end of this week. The GOI hopes that the U.S. can send a
senior official to observe. Separately, a senior Indonesian
diplomat told us she very much appreciated attending the
Asia-Pacific Democracy Forum (APDP) held in Seoul, October
31. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) Indonesia will host the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF)
December 10-11 at a beach resort, on the theme of "Building
and Consolidating Democracy: A Strategic Agenda for Asia."
Indonesian President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono and Australian
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will co-chair the Forum.
Approximately 28 countries in East Asia, South Asia, Central
Asia and the Middle East have confirmed participation,
according to Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the
Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Some nine other
countries in Europe and the Americas are sending
representatives. Hadi said the other heads of state or heads
of government attending include: Malaysian Prime Minister
Abdullah Badawi, Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao,
and the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah. Other
participating countries are sending ministers or deputy
ministers. The event is a ministerial and the heads of state
will not stay for the entire Forum, Hadi said.
3. (C) Confirmed participants will include all the ASEAN
countries plus Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan,
Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, China, Japan, South
Korea, Burma, Timor-Leste, Australia and New Zealand, Hadi
told DepPol/C. Some of the countries invited but not
attending include North Korea, Iran and Syria. Burma will
send a deputy foreign minister.
4. (C) Countries which have said they would send observers
include: Norway, Canada, Switzerland, Austria and Sweden, as
well possibly Chile, Brazil and Tunisia. We have told Hadi
that the U.S. would send an observer either from the Embassy
or Washington. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda plans to
write a letter to Secretary Rice inviting her or another
senior official, according to Hadi. Observers will not speak
at the Forum but are welcome to make remarks during break-out
sessions. The heads of state and government will make
speeches at the opening.
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5. (SBU) The Forum will discuss the following themes:
Consolidating Democratic Institutions and Processes, to be
chaired by Prime Minister Rudd; and Democracy and
Development, Development of Democracy: Priority Areas for
Sharing of Experience and Best Practices. The latter will
have break out sections on such topics as electoral
processes, rule of law and the judiciary, good governance and
women in democracy, among other topics.
6. (C) Hadi said the GOI hopes that observer countries will
help support the BDF's on-going activities to be carried out
through the Institute for Peace and Democracy at Bali's
University of Udayana. The Institute will organize
workshops, conduct research, publish papers and set up
networks among experts. The GOI wants contributions to the
Institute's endowment fund as well as experts to teach
courses. The GOI has budgeted funds for the first year's
activities, Hadi added.
APDP INVITATION APPRECIATED
7. (C) Ambassador Artauli Tobing, Director General for Policy
Planning and Development at DEPLU, told DepPol/C that she was
very pleased to have attended the Asia-Pacific Democracy
Partnership (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. She
agreed that the APDP and BDF complement each other and
reiterated that the GOI would appreciate the U.S. sending a
senior official to observe BDF's first meeting in Bali. She
said Indonesia has not yet decided on whether to join the
APDP.
8. (C) If Washington cannot send an observer to the BDF,
Mission will represent the USG.
HUME
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, DRL/FO FOR CCAMPONOVO,
S/P, DRL; G
NSC FOR EPHU, PLETTOW
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/25/2018
TAGS: PREL KDEM ID MG
SUBJECT: BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS
REF: A. JAKARTA 2072
B. JAKARTA 1970
Classified By: DepPol/C Stanley Harsha, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be
attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the
Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several
observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a
deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending.
Invitations for observer countries to attend the December
10-11 event, including to the U.S., will be sent out at the
end of this week. The GOI hopes that the U.S. can send a
senior official to observe. Separately, a senior Indonesian
diplomat told us she very much appreciated attending the
Asia-Pacific Democracy Forum (APDP) held in Seoul, October
31. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) Indonesia will host the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF)
December 10-11 at a beach resort, on the theme of "Building
and Consolidating Democracy: A Strategic Agenda for Asia."
Indonesian President Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono and Australian
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will co-chair the Forum.
Approximately 28 countries in East Asia, South Asia, Central
Asia and the Middle East have confirmed participation,
according to Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the
Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Some nine other
countries in Europe and the Americas are sending
representatives. Hadi said the other heads of state or heads
of government attending include: Malaysian Prime Minister
Abdullah Badawi, Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao,
and the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah. Other
participating countries are sending ministers or deputy
ministers. The event is a ministerial and the heads of state
will not stay for the entire Forum, Hadi said.
3. (C) Confirmed participants will include all the ASEAN
countries plus Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan,
Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, China, Japan, South
Korea, Burma, Timor-Leste, Australia and New Zealand, Hadi
told DepPol/C. Some of the countries invited but not
attending include North Korea, Iran and Syria. Burma will
send a deputy foreign minister.
4. (C) Countries which have said they would send observers
include: Norway, Canada, Switzerland, Austria and Sweden, as
well possibly Chile, Brazil and Tunisia. We have told Hadi
that the U.S. would send an observer either from the Embassy
or Washington. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda plans to
write a letter to Secretary Rice inviting her or another
senior official, according to Hadi. Observers will not speak
at the Forum but are welcome to make remarks during break-out
sessions. The heads of state and government will make
speeches at the opening.
JAKARTA 00002170 002 OF 002
THEMES ON RULE OF LAW, GOOD GOVERNANCE
5. (SBU) The Forum will discuss the following themes:
Consolidating Democratic Institutions and Processes, to be
chaired by Prime Minister Rudd; and Democracy and
Development, Development of Democracy: Priority Areas for
Sharing of Experience and Best Practices. The latter will
have break out sections on such topics as electoral
processes, rule of law and the judiciary, good governance and
women in democracy, among other topics.
6. (C) Hadi said the GOI hopes that observer countries will
help support the BDF's on-going activities to be carried out
through the Institute for Peace and Democracy at Bali's
University of Udayana. The Institute will organize
workshops, conduct research, publish papers and set up
networks among experts. The GOI wants contributions to the
Institute's endowment fund as well as experts to teach
courses. The GOI has budgeted funds for the first year's
activities, Hadi added.
APDP INVITATION APPRECIATED
7. (C) Ambassador Artauli Tobing, Director General for Policy
Planning and Development at DEPLU, told DepPol/C that she was
very pleased to have attended the Asia-Pacific Democracy
Partnership (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. She
agreed that the APDP and BDF complement each other and
reiterated that the GOI would appreciate the U.S. sending a
senior official to observe BDF's first meeting in Bali. She
said Indonesia has not yet decided on whether to join the
APDP.
8. (C) If Washington cannot send an observer to the BDF,
Mission will represent the USG.
HUME