Indonesia: Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh

The United States will co-sponsor with Japan and the World Bank, a Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh, on December 3, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting will be attended by representatives from countries and international organizations that support a peaceful resolution of the Aceh conflict. The Government of Indonesia and representatives of Acehnese civil society will also attend. The conference will express the international community’s encouragement of the ongoing dialogue between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), as facilitated by the private Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC). The conference will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss ways they might contribute to the social and physical reconstruction of Aceh once there is an end to hostilities.