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Guterres commends Indonesia’s support for multilateralism at Hambalang meeting

Antonio Guterres praised Indonesia’s support for multilateralism and the United Nations during a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto in Hambalang. The UN Spokesperson Office said Guterres thanked Indonesia for its contributions to peacekeeping, while the Indonesian Presidential Secretariat said the leaders discussed cooperation on global challenges.

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What happened

Key facts

  • The UN Spokesperson Office said Guterres thanked Indonesia for supporting multilateralism and the United Nations, including through peacekeeping contributions (per antaranews.com).
  • Guterres praised Indonesia’s commitment to multilateralism and the United Nations, particularly its participation in UN peacekeeping missions (per antaranews.com).
  • Indonesia’s Presidential Secretariat said the meeting covered strategic issues and ways to strengthen multilateral communication and cooperation on global challenges (per antaranews.com).
  • The UN Spokesperson Office said the meeting took place on Sunday, October 18 (per antaranews.com).
  • VOI’s headline says Guterres appreciated Indonesia’s support for Palestine and bid farewell to Prabowo (per voi.id, antaranews.com).
  • Tempo.co English’s headline says Indonesia disclosed details of Prabowo’s meeting with the UN Secretary-General (per tempo.co, antaranews.com).

The brief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised Indonesia’s support for multilateralism and the UN during a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto in Hambalang, according to ANTARA. The UN Spokesperson Office said Guterres thanked Indonesia for its backing of multilateralism and the United Nations, including its contributions to peacekeeping operations.

The UN office also said Guterres recognized Indonesia’s leadership in advancing development financing and climate action. ANTARA reported that the office described these points in a statement about the meeting. Its account does not give further detail on the financing initiatives or climate measures discussed.

Guterres and Prabowo discussed reform of the multilateral system and progress toward the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The meeting therefore covered both the structure of international cooperation and progress on the UN’s development agenda, as described by ANTARA.

Indonesia’s Presidential Secretariat gave a separate description of the agenda, saying the leaders discussed strategic issues and steps to strengthen multilateral communication and cooperation in addressing global challenges. That account identifies the subjects broadly but does not specify particular challenges or proposed steps.

ANTARA placed the meeting at the presidential retreat in Hambalang, in West Java, and reported that it took place on Sunday, October 18. It attributed Guterres’s remarks on Indonesia’s support and leadership to the UN Spokesperson Office, while the description of strategic issues and cooperation came from Indonesia’s Presidential Secretariat.

Other headlines add limited details about how the meeting was presented. VOI’s headline says Guterres appreciated Indonesia’s support for Palestine and bid farewell to Prabowo; Tempo.co English’s headline says Indonesia disclosed details of the meeting. Aktualita.co’s headline also identifies Hambalang as the meeting place.

Those headlines do not specify additional discussion topics or actions. The central documented outcome is Guterres’s public praise of Indonesia’s multilateral and UN support, alongside the leaders’ discussion of multilateral reform, sustainable development, climate action, development financing, and cooperation on global challenges.

Why it matters

  • Indonesia’s contributions to UN peacekeeping are a concrete element of the support Guterres praised, according to the UN Spokesperson Office.
  • The meeting linked multilateral-system reform with progress toward the 2030 sustainable-development agenda.
  • Climate action and development financing were also identified by the UN Spokesperson Office as areas of Indonesian leadership.

What to watch next

  • Whether Indonesia and the UN describe specific steps to strengthen multilateral communication and cooperation, an issue raised by Indonesia’s Presidential Secretariat.
  • Whether the discussions on reform of the multilateral system produce specific proposals; ANTARA reported the subject was discussed but gave no proposals.
  • Whether further details emerge about the development-financing and climate-action initiatives Guterres recognized.

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  1. The United Nations Charter entered into force, establishing the United Nations.
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  2. Indonesia joined the United Nations.
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  3. Indonesia hosted the Asian-African Conference in Bandung.
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  4. Indonesia sent a contingent to the United Nations Emergency Force in the Sinai Peninsula.
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  5. Indonesia joined Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand in founding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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  6. The General Assembly appointed António Guterres as secretary-general after the Security Council recommended him.
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  7. The General Assembly appointed Guterres to a second term after the Security Council recommended his reappointment.
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  8. Guterres began his second five-year term as secretary-general.
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  9. Indonesia hosted the G20 summit in Bali.
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  10. Prabowo Subianto took office as president of Indonesia.
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How we got here

Indonesia’s two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council ended on December 31, 2020, after it had served on the Council in 2019 and 2020. Indonesia also held the Group of 20 presidency in 2022, convening the Bali summit on November 15–16 amid disagreement among members over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Indonesia’s contribution to UN peacekeeping dates to 1957, when it sent a contingent to the United Nations Emergency Force in the Sinai Peninsula.

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