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Seminar on the Parliamentary Oversight of Treaties - Republic of Indonesia & Australia
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On 15-16 July 2005, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), and the Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) at the Australian National University (ANU) convened a Seminar on the Parliamentary Oversight of Treaties at the Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta, Republik Indonesia.
Designed to deepen ties between the Indonesian and Australian parliaments by facilitating mutual learning and exchange at the highest levels, the seminar brought together elected representatives and secretariat staff from both countries' foreign affairs committees to discuss the central issues of international law and its myriad implications for domestic politics.
Like all of CDI's activities, the seminar provided the basis for the continued strengthening of links between regional counterpart democratic institutions, and between individual legislators. As is always the case at successful seminars, an important benefit of this get-together of Indonesian and Australian parliamentarians was the informal interchange and fostering of relationships that occurred between and after the formal sessions and at the dinner hosted by the Australian Ambassador and CDI. Seminar participants got to know each other and to exchange ideas and experiences as individuals involved in public life. The contacts, and often the firm friendships, that can be established on such occasions are something to be valued highly in the development of connections between the two parliaments and the two countries.
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