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| Deadline set for foreigners' to scram from Aceh | |
| 2005-03-04 | |
| JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has announced that foreigners have to leave the country's tsunami-devastated province of Aceh before the end of March, news reports said on Friday. "Starting March 26, only a limited number of foreigners will be allowed to stay," The Jakarta Post quoted Brigadier General T. Ashikin, the Indonesian national police's Aceh task force, as saying. Ashikin said foreigners working for organizations under the United Nations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media will "no longer" be related to the current situation in Aceh. No less than 140 NGOs from 83 foreign countries are operating in Aceh in the wake of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami that devastated thousands of homes and buildings along the province's coastline, and leaving more than 234,000 people dead or missing. The UN agencies on the exit list included the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Children and Education Fund (UNICEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will maintain their presence, as volunteers conducting humanitarian relief. "Even though the disaster has caused massive destruction here, there are no refugees nor migrants but rather internally displaced people (IDP). Therefore, we will review the presence of IOM and UNHCR here because it is the government that must deal with the IDPs," Ashikin said, adding that foreigners who are not subject to the limitation have to register with the police by March 26.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 $1,000 What is Brussels? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-03-04 10:40:14 AM |
| #3 $200 -- What is Kosovo? $300 -- What is Congo? $400 -- What is Ivory Coast? $500 -- What is Paris? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-03-04 10:38:34 AM |
| #2 CrazyFool - I'll take the $100 question from the "UN Officials and Little Girls" column. What is Indonesia? Alex. |
| Posted by: Shiter Spoluper4654 2005-03-04 9:24:58 AM |
| #1 Translation: Thank you very much now get the F*ck out! Either that or even Indonesia is sick and tired of the UN's catering demands...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-04 12:28:49 AM |