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Indonesia likely to secure UN Security Council seat: Expert
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Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo arrives to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a group photo session for the G20 Summit held at the Hangzhou International Expo Center in Hangzhou of eastern China's Zhejiang province on Sept. 4. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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ndonesia is highly likely to secure a seat as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council as its presence would appropriately reflect the world's current concerns at the global organization, an expert has said.
“With the complexities of the ongoing international issues and looking at Indonesia's position, a seat in the UNSC would reflect and give voice to the most relevant concerns," University of Indonesia international law expert Hikmahanto Juwana told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
As the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation and third-largest democracy, Indonesia holds great significance in terms of contributing to the global discussion, he said, saying that the Southeast Asian country would have a say in pressing concerns, including Islam, terrorism and democracy. Indonesia would also be a representative to voice the concerns of developing countries, Hikmahanto further said.
He also pointed to the Indonesian Ambassador at the Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, Dian Triansyah Djani, whose extensive experience could lead to a successful lobby for candidature.
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said in a statement on Friday that she plans to convey Indonesia's candidacy for the 2019 to 2020 period at the ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Venezuela over the weekend.
The council is comprised of 15 members and five permanent members: US, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom, with the ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly. Indonesia will be competing with the Maldives for representing the Asia-Pacific region.
Indonesia has previously been elected three times as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, serving during 1974–75, 1995–96 and most recently in 2007–08.
