REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government remains committed to inviting the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (KT HAM) to visit Papua and see the conditions in the Indonesian province. In fact, the government has been actively communicating with the Commission.

"The Indonesian government keeps on inviting KT HAM, which will be represented by its regional office in Bangkok, to visit Papua," the Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Hasan Kleib, noted in a text message received in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The statement was conveyed by Kleib to respond to the circulating news stating that KT HAM was still awaiting an invitation and seeking access to visit and monitor the humanitarian situation in Papua. According to Kleib, the invitation to the UN Human Rights Summit has been conveyed directly to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid al Hussein, who visited Indonesia last year.

"So, it cannot be said that KT HAM is still waiting for an invitation or asking for access. "The matter that is still pending is the time agreed upon for the visit (KT HAM)," Kleib stated.