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Foreign
envoys to attend workshop in conflict-torn Ambon
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The
Jakarta Post
August
8, 2003
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Foreign envoys to attend
workshop in conflict-torn Ambon
AMBON, Maluku (Antara): A number of
foreign ambassadors and representatives of international agencies
and non-governmental organizations have committed to attending a
postponed workshop on the reconstruction of Ambon, the city mayor
said.
"Foreign ambassadors, leaders
of United Nations agencies and NGOs are committed to attend the
workshop, even though it has had to be rescheduled," Jopie
Papilaya said here on Friday.
The workshop, which was to be held
on July 20 and July 21, was delayed because a number of
participants could not attend because of previous commitments, the
mayor said.
Some participants have asked the
Ambon administration to hold the workshop during the city's 428th
anniversary on Sept. 7, he said.
Ambon, the capital of Indonesia's
Maluku province, was wracked by a three-year sectarian conflict
that began on Jan. 19, 1999.
"The aim of the workshop is to
reconstruct Ambon, so the participants want to obtain firsthand
information on what the Ambonese want," the mayor said.
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