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Manado beefs up security ahead of WOC
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 05/07/2009 9:48 AM | National
The Indonesian Military and National Police have prepared
around 4,600 personnel to ensure security at the World Ocean Conference (WOC)
and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit,
which will be held in Manado, North
Sulawesi, from May 11-15.
Six heads of state and some 3,000 delegates from 125 countries, as well as
delegates from all 33 Indonesian provinces will attend the summit.
"We are ready to receive the heads of state," Manado military commander Legowo WR Jatmiko
told tempointeraktif.com on Thursday.
Legowo also said the personnel, which also includes presidential guards, would
be posted four days before the summit and would continue to guard the area until
three days after the summit.
The WOC is set to focus on adaptation measures to help address adverse impacts
of climate change on marine life.(dre)
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