RI's Lawmakers Accept Nuclear Terrorism Convention Draft Law

Jakarta, Feb 19 (Antara) - The Indonesian lawmakers have agreed to accept the draft law on the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The agreement was reached at a hearing between Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and the members of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I overseeing security and information here on Wednesday. The commission members promised to include the draft into the agenda of the House`s plenary session, which is scheduled to be held on February 25, where they will try to pass it as a new law. The hearing was chaired by Deputy Chairman of the House`s Commission I Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita and attended by 15 representatives from eight factions. The representatives from the Democratic Party Faction were absent, but they had informed the head of the House`s Secretariat that they agreed with the draft, he added. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Nuclear Terrorism Convention was proposed by Russia and first adopted on April 13, 2005. The main objective of this convention is to protect against attacks on a range of targets, including nuclear power plants and reactors.