Indonesia Will Meet CWC Obligations, Official Says

A senior Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry official said that Indonesia is committed to fulfilling its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Xinhua News Agency reported today (see GSN, May 12, 2003).

Indonesia signed the convention in 1993, ratified it in 1998 and later that year enacted the treaty into national law, according to Makmur Widodo, director general for multilateral political, social and security affairs at the Foreign Ministry. 

“As a party to the CWC, Indonesia is legally bound to fully implement the provisos of the convention. Indeed, Indonesia is now in the process of doing just that,” Makmur was quoted in today’s Jakarta Post as saying.

Makmur also said, though, that Indonesia still needs to establish a permanent national authority related to its CWC obligations and to pass a “unified robust national legislation” to cover all aspects of chemical use (Xinhua News Agency, April 14).

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