RI to host ICSW conference

JAKARTA: Jakarta will host the Asia-Pacific International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) conference, scheduled for Sept. 2 to Sept 6.

About 400 participants from 24 countries including Vietnam, Japan, Lebanon, Jordan and Myanmar are expected to attend the conference, chairman of the National Council for Social Welfare, Bustanil Arifin, said after meeting with President Soeharto at the Bina Graha presidential office yesterday.

"Indonesia is expected to take advantage of the conference to share its poverty eradication program with the participants," said Bustanil who chairs the National Council for Social Welfare from 1995 to 2000. (swe)