North Sulawesi to host World Ocean Conference in May 2009

JAKARTA (Antara): The North Sulawesi provincial administration will host a World Ocean Conference (WOC) in its capital, Manado, on May 11-15 next year, a spokesman said here Monday. "The government guarantees that Indonesia and North Sulawesi is safe. Besides, international conferences we have hosted so far, proceeded without any problem," said Roy Tumiwa, a spokesman of North Sulawesi provincial administration. He said the central government and the provincial administration would do their best to maintain security and stability in the country in general and in North Sulawesi in particular. Roy said he hoped that all travel warnings issued by several foreign governments would not affect the event. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the UN Habitat, the UNESCO, Global Forum Ocean, World Wide Fund (WWF), the Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) and the Arafura and Timor Seas Experts Forum (ATSEF), were among international bodies that have responded positively to the plan. He said the conference would be a mean for world leaders and decision-makers to gather and make commitments for the development and management of marine resources

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