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Indonesia's foreign minister signs UN convention on terrorism
Indonesia's foreign minister has signed a United Nations convention on combating terrorism and has promised to share more intelligence information with other Southeast Asian Nations.
Foreign Minister, Hassan Wirayuda, signed the convention at the UN headquarters in New York.
He signed the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, becoming the 45th country to accept it.
Mr Wirayuda also signed protocols outlawing the use of child soldiers and protecting children against the sex trade.
He said Indonesia had long been considering signing the anti-terrorism convention and it was not merely a response to the deadly September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
Within the framework of the convention, Jakarta would try to increase intelligence coordination with fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and other countries.
25/09/01 21:05:37 | ABC Radio Australia News
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