Indonesia: Confronting the Political and Economic Crises : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First [i.e. Second] Session, February 16, 2000 |
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1999 elections Abdurrahman Wahid Aceh Acehnese Amien Rais ASEAN Asian assets assistance billion Bjornlund Chairman BEREUTER challenges civil society civilian supremacy commitment CONG CONGRESS THE LIBRARY constitutional corporate crisis critical debt democracy democratically elected East Timor economic efforts election monitoring FALEOMAVAEGA February 16 foreign investment Friend Gadbaw GEITHNER going Government of Indonesia Gus Dur human rights abuses IBRA IMET important independence Indo Indonesian government Indonesian military institutions interest IPPs issues Jakarta leaders legislative LIBRARY OF CONGR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS military's Minister Muslim nesia organizations Pacific Papua New Guinea political parties President Wahid private sector problems province question RARY recovery reform regional RESS restructuring role rule of law Secretary Roth Soeharto stability statement Subcommittee on Asia Suharto telecommunications Thank transition transparent United violence West Papua Wiranto World Bank
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Page 1 - Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Doug Bereuter (Chairman of the Subcommittee) presiding. Mr. BEREUTER. The Subcommittee will come to order. The topic of today's Subcommittee hearing is "Democracy in Indonesia: Preparations for the National Election".
Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 1:35 pm, in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 44 - ... the fourth most populous nation in the world, and the country with the largest population of followers of the Muslim faith. It is a country of stunning geographic and ethnic diversity, occupying an archipelago stretching over an area wider than the continental United States. Moreover, Indonesia is a key to the entire Southeast Asian region. It was an original founder of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and has played a leading role in that organization's emergence as an important...
Page 36 - That will be accepted and incorporated into the record. [The information referred to appears in the appendix.] Mr.
Page 82 - Indonesia since early 1996 with support from the National Endowment for Democracy and the US Agency for International Development.
Page 46 - Taylor, we welcome you to this hearing. Without objection, your written statement will be included in its entirety into the record. Before your testimony, I turn to the distinguished Ranking Member of this Subcommittee from Vermont (Mr.
Page 46 - Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, the Honorable James Kelly, to our Committee today.
Page 1 - ... and political. Since that day, Indonesia has taken large strides toward the establishment of a more open and more genuinely democratic political system. The importance of this development is, I believe, not as widely appreciated as it should be in the United States. Indonesia is both the fourth most populous nation in the world, and the country with the largest population of followers of the Muslim faith. It is a country of stunning geographic and ethnic diversity, occupying an archipelago stretching...
Page 86 - US practice in amending the constitution, in which the full original text is accompanied by changes to these nine articles, which as a whole are referred to as the First Amendment The First Amendment focuses on strengthening the position of the legislative and judicial branches vis-a-vis the executive branch.