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Viewing cable 08JAKARTA543, USG, GOI SIGN AGREEMENT FOR REGIONAL VOLCANO OBSERVATORY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08JAKARTA543 2008-03-17 09:12 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Jakarta 
VZCZCXRO6639
RR RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHJA #0543 0770912
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 170912Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8363
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 1675
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 4826
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 2182
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 4473
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 8365
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0835
RUEHC/DEPT OF INTERIOR WASHDC
 
UNCLAS JAKARTA 000543 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR IO, OES/EGC, OES/IET AND EAP/MTS 
DEPT ALSO PASS TO DEPT OF INTERIOR/USGS/PALLISTER 
 
E.O. 12598: N/A 
TAGS: EAID TPHY ECON PREL ID
SUBJECT: USG, GOI SIGN AGREEMENT FOR REGIONAL VOLCANO OBSERVATORY 
 
1. (U) Summary. On March 14, Ambassador Hume and the Head of the 
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' (MOE) Geological Agency, 
Bambang Dwiyanto, signed an agreement to establish a regional 
volcano observatory in North Sulawesi. The U.S. Geological Survey 
(USGS) will implement the agreement in partnership with the MOE. 
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, 
presided over the ceremony at the Ministry's offices in Jakarta. 
Local and regional media carried the story.  End Summary. 
 
NEW AGREEMENT CONTINUES USGS/GOI COOPERATION 
--------------------------------------------- -- 
 
2. (U) The new agreement is the fifth annex under the umbrella 
US-GOI Science and Technology Multihazards MOU, signed during the 
POTUS visit in November 2006.  The annex covers joint work by the 
MOE Geological Agency's Center for Volcanology and Geologic Hazard 
Mitigation (CVGM) and the USGS/USAID Office of Foreign Disaster 
Assistance (OFDA) Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP). Under 
the agreement, the planned regional volcano observatory would 
monitor the 11 active volcanoes in North Sulawesi and the Sangihe 
Islands. 
 
MEDIA COVERAGE 
--------------- 
 
3. (U) A brief press conference followed the MOU signing ceremony. 
Several print publications carried the story, including "The Jakarta 
Post", "Seputar Indonesia", "Jurnal Nasional", and "Suara Karya". 
Photos with brief captions on the event appeared in "Republika", 
"Investor Daily", "Sinar Harapan", and "Bisnis Indonesia". 
Indonesian daily newswire "Antara" and Chinese news service "Xinhua" 
also printed the story. 
 
 
HUME