The Republic of Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia

Policy Statement

Good evening ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly. The Republic of Indonesia would like to extend the warmest salutations to all the nations that are present here today. We would also like to thank the Chair for presiding over this body. It is our hope that at the conclusion of this assembly we will have reached cohesive and diplomatic solutions facing the world today.

Indonesia would like to recognize and remind the assembly of the growing threat of kidnapping for ransom on an international scale. The rate of kidnappings is growing at an exponential rate and the annual profits of kidnapping for ransom is approaching $500 million. In order to combat this growing issue, Indonesia advocates the implementation of a specialized police force that contributes to a international data bank on kidnapping; part of this network would include precise monitoring of large monetary transactions. Indonesia further recommends the dispensation of aid for families targeted by this atrocious terrorist action.

Indonesia would also like to recognize the burgeoning issue of immigrant and guest worker population challenges, and notes that the basic human rights of those parties are separate from legal immunity and must be respected as such. Indonesia understands that gaining citizenship is a privilege granted only to those that abide by and respect the immigration laws regarding citizenship and appropriate visas within each country's set parameters. We wish to emphasize the importance of stringent consequences towards peoples that transgress the aforementioned laws. We feel that Indonesia's laws regarding immigration serve as an appropriate model in terms of ramifications towards the offending parties.

Indonesia is wholly cognizant of the increasing scope of the human trafficking industry, which is creating a profit of approximately seven billion dollars. It is painstakingly clear that action must be taken to alleviate the brutal work conditions of men, women and children in this industry, as well as the working environments of immigrant women in the Middle East. Indonesia understands that the United Nations has prevention programs to halt the spread of human trafficking, such as UNICEF, Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP), the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, and the United States' Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). Indonesia laments that the countries that are the most involved with human trafficking are often the least proactive in eliminating the problem, and therefore proposes that the United Nations acquires signatories from countries that pledge to uphold laws and punishments towards those criminals who have broken the aforementioned laws. The countries who do not sign would not receive aid from the United Nations for the issue of human trafficking, which would hopefully lead to a more firm policy to end this grotesque crime on an international basis.

The Republic of Indonesia would finally like to thank all countries, their delegations, and the chair for attending and participating in this assembly. We hope that this session will spur passionate debate to the issues at hand today in this world. At the conclusion of this session we have faith that we will leave with pragmatic resolutions that will benefit all countries and their citizens. Coming together will only benefit future generations and the well-being of this world. Thank you.