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        "id": 1356046,
        "msgid": "us-un-call-for-access-to-aceh-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-05-31 00:00:00",
        "title": "U.S., UN call for access to Aceh",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "U.S., UN call for access to Aceh U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz urged Indonesia on Friday to seek a political, instead of a military, solution to a bloody conflict with separatist rebels in Aceh province.",
        "content": "<p>U.S., UN call for access to Aceh<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz urged Indonesia on<br>\nFriday to seek a political, instead of a military, solution to a<br>\nbloody conflict with separatist rebels in Aceh province.<\/p>\n<p>\"We certainly understand Indonesian concerns about preserving<br>\nthe integrity of the nation, but at the same time we believe very<br>\nstrongly that the solution to the issues in Aceh has got to be a<br>\npolitical one,\" Wolfowitz told reporters at a joint news<br>\nconference Indonesian Minister of Defense Matori Abdul Djalil.<\/p>\n<p>The two officials met earlier on the sidelines of the second<br>\nannual Asia Security Conference in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Matori, however, said he expected the government's massive<br>\nmilitary operation aimed at crushing the separatists to continue<br>\nuntil the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\"We hope it will be successful within six months,\" Matori<\/p>\n<p>Wolfowitz, a former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, also<br>\nappealed to Indonesia to allow international monitors into Aceh.<\/p>\n<p>\"We've requested that some NGOs (non-governmental<br>\norganizations) be able to go into Aceh to monitor the situation,\"<br>\nhe said. \"I think it can encourage the world to believe that<br>\nIndonesia is behaving and its troops are behaving.\"<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday said he<br>\nwas \"deeply concerned\" over the impact on the civilian population<br>\nof renewed hostilities in Aceh.<\/p>\n<p>\"In particular, he is disturbed by reports of extra-judicial<br>\nkillings and widespread burning of schools,\" his deputy<br>\nspokeswoman, Hua Jiang, said.<\/p>\n<p>Annan, she said, \"urges all parties to the conflict to uphold<br>\ntheir obligations to protect civilians in armed conflict.\"<\/p>\n<p>The secretary general also calls on Indonesia's government to<br>\n\"ensure the necessary security conditions to allow international<br>\naid organizations safe and unhindered access to affected<br>\npopulations.\"<\/p>\n<p>Around 40,000 government troops and policemen are battling an<br>\nestimated 5,000 rebels in the province on the tip of Sumatra<br>\nisland. Both sides have been accused of human rights abuses in<br>\nthe 27-year insurgency. -- Agencies<\/p>",
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