JICA chief Ogata to visit Banda Aceh

Fri, 08 Jul 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The president of the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) Sadako Ogata will visit tsunami-affected areas in
Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) on Friday, the JICA office in
Jakarta announced.

Ogata -- the former United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) -- will visit Banda Aceh and Krueng River and
its nearby areas in order to get first hand information on the
level of destruction and the on-going reconstruction and
rehabilitation programs, JICA said in a press release sent to The
Jakarta Post.

JICA is a Japanese government organization that provides
technical and grant assistance to developing countries, including
Indonesia. -- JP

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