638 Aparat Giliran Jaga Areal Freeport

28 February, 2011

638 Aparat Giliran Jaga Areal Freeport

TIMIKA, KOMPAS.com — Sebanyak 635 personel Polri dan TNI yang tergabung dalam Satuan Tugas Amole Timika terlibat kegiatan pengamanan areal PT Freeport Indonesia di Kabupaten Mimika, Papua.

Upacara serah terima pasukan Satuan Tugas Amole Timika (Satgas Amole Timika) berlangsung pada Senin (28/2/2011) di areal PT Freeport Indonesia, dipimpin Wakil Kepala Polda Papua Brigadir Jenderal (Pol) Unggung Cahyono.

Komandan Satgas Amole Timika AKBP Jeremias Rontini ketika dihubungi di Timika menjelaskan, 635 personel Polri dan TNI tersebut akan menggantikan 635 personel yang sudah selesai bertugas.

Masa penugasan anggota Satgas Amole Timika selama empat bulan. Ia mengatakan, personel Satgas Amole Timika kali ini berasal dari kesatuan TNI, Polda Papua, dan Korps Brigade Mobil (Brimob) Mabes Polri.

Sementara itu, pada Senin pagi, sekitar 150 personel Brimob dari Mabes Polri Jakarta tiba di Timika menggunakan pesawat carter maskapai Lion Air.

Pengamanan areal PT Freeport Indonesia selama ini masih dipercayakan kepada Satgas Amole Timika yang dikendalikan Polda Papua.

Wilayah pengamanan mencakup seluruh areal pertambangan emas, tembaga, dan perak PT Freeport Indonesia, mulai dari tambang terbuka (open pit) Grassberg Tembagapura hingga Bandara Mozes Kilangin, Timika.

Wilayah pengamanan juga mencakup Pelabuhan Portsite Amamapare di wilayah Distrik Mimika Timur Jauh yang merupakan pelabuhan pengapalan konsentrat PT Freeport.

Areal perusahaan tambang besar asal Amerika Serikat yang mengeruk kekayaan Papua sejak awal kekuasan Presiden Soeharto itu disebut sebagai obyek vital nasional. Aparat menyingkatnya obvitnas

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ASEAN Beat ‹ Back to ASEAN Beat West Papua’s “Freedom” Flag

03 December, 2011

ASEAN Beat ‹ Back to ASEAN Beat West Papua’s “Freedom” Flag

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Source,  http://the-diplomat.com/asean-beat/2011/
On December 1, 1961, the Dutch flag that had flown over the peninsula of West Papua for more than 130 years was replaced by the “Morning Star” flag.  This signified an important transition for West Papua – away from colonialism, to a new start as a free nation.
By the end of the decade, Indonesia had forcefully annexed West Papua (also known as West Irian at the time) with tacit support from the United States. But 50 years later – an anniversary that was marked this week – National Flag Day was remembered by the West Papua independence movement. Resistance leaders and human rights advocates recalled the brutal military takeover of the country by Suharto’s Indonesia, as well as the hope that the “Morning Star” flag still epitomizes today.

Indonesia was granted independence from the Netherlands in 1949, but the Dutch maintained control over West New Guinea. U.S.-sponsored mediation between the former colonizer and colonized led to Indonesia assuming full control of the region by the end of 1962 on the condition that Jakarta would allow a local vote on the issue of self-determination under United Nations supervision.

What followed was a decade-long crackdown on any manifestations of political opposition and dissent by Suharto. The “Act of Free Choice,” held under dubious conditions in 1969 and under which Jakarta handpicked elders of the Papuan community to agree to become part of Indonesia, was supported and recognized by the West and the United Nations.  The “community elders” have been widely quoted since then as saying that they were forced to vote at gunpoint to be part of Indonesia.
Indonesia’s crimes in Timor-Leste during the Cold War era until the end of the 20th century are well documented. But Indonesia’s behavior in West Papua over the past half century has been underreported in mainstream news outlets. During this period, approximately 100,000 Papuans were killed – almost 10 percent of the population. The Yale Law School has labeled it genocide. Evidence of Indonesia’s repression is revealed in the exploitation of West Papua’s land and resources, as well as scores of accounts of rape, torture, and extrajudicial killings.
The separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) was set up in the mid-1960s in response, and began waging a guerrilla struggle against the Indonesian military. The erosion of Papuan culture and tradition was the raison d’etre for leaders of the movement, and an armed struggle has persisted on and off in the decades since.
In the 1980s, Jakarta launched Operation Clean Sweep, which targeted family members of OPM fighters in an effort to defeat the movement. Electric shocks, public rapes, and death by bayonet were just some of the methods employed by Indonesian soldiers.
In Jakarta’s attempt to exploit the region’s wealth of gold, copper and timber, West Papuan villagers were routinely uprooted from their homes without any compensation, and without the required labor skills to survive such a transition. Forced labor of many indigenous tribes in West Papua was also common practice; resistance was typically met with torture.
West Papua has also long been a victim of socioeconomic neglect: access to education is minimal, 42 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS has exploded.
Today, it’s a crime to fly the “Morning Star” flag, as the world found out through the infamous incarceration of activist Yusak Pakage, a prisoner of conscience according to leading human rights groups.
West Papua was given special autonomy status in 2001, but human rights abuses, committed by Indonesian paramilitary forces, persist to this day. The West has gradually begun to apply additional pressure on Jakarta to ease its treatment of civilians in West Papua, but it hasn’t nearly matched the effort that observers have seen exerted on governments in other, well-publicized areas of the world.
Indonesia needs the West as much as the West needs Indonesia. It’s a complex area of U.S. foreign policy, but the success of such symbiotic relationships is predicated on transparent dialogue and communication between the two parties. The 50th anniversary of National Flag Day should be used by Washington and other Western governments as a way of highlighting the situation of West Papuans so as to bring some justice to this continued struggle, as well as attempt to modify Jakarta’s Papuan policy even further.

Freedom campaigner flies the flag

03 December, 2011

Freedom campaigner flies the flag

Benny Wenda of the Free West Papua Campaign flies his country’s flag (banned in his homeland by the Indonesian Government) with Lord Mayor Elise Benjamin. The flag was due to be flown over the Town Hall

 Published news: http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/
Freedom campaigner Benny Wenda raised the West Papua flag with Lord Mayor of Oxford Elise Benjamin to call for independence.
The Oxford resident called for West Papua to break away from Indonesia, on the 50th annual West Papua Independence Day.

Mr Wenda joined supporters in London on Thursday to call for the arrest of the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the Indonesian ambassador in London, Yuri Thamrin.
He brandished a “red notice” warrant for their arrest – reflecting a real Interpol red notice out for his own arrest.
The Marston Road resident denies attacking a police station in Indonesian Papua, also known as West Papua, on December 7, 2000.
He told the Oxford Mail: “We handed over the letter to the embassy regarding the arrest of the Indonesian president and the ambassador.
“The day went really well, it was really, really good with lots of supporters – 35 people.
After handing over the letter the group joined a demo by the London Mining Network, an alliance of human rights, development and environmental groups.
Mr Wenda added: “There is a really big focus on West Papua at the moment.
“From West Papua we heard that people were celebrating.
“But in one place where they raised the Morning Star flag we were told four people were arrested and are now being questioned.”
The dad-of-six claims the red notice shows he is being targeted by the Indonesian authorities because of his political campaigning for the freedom of West Papua, including rallies in Oxford.
A Home Office spokesman said it was not the department’s policy to confirm or deny receipt of extradition requests.
Mr Wenda has successfully claimed political asylum in the UK, making it difficult for the British Government to force him to return to Indonesia.

Genosida Papua Mengemuka di Workship PBB

1 October, 2011

Genosida Papua Mengemuka di Workship PBB

Jakarta - Genosida di Papua menjadi topik pembicaraan yang dominan Workshop yang dilakukan oleh kantor Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa (PBB) untuk Pencegahan Genosida yang berlangsung tanggal 20-21 Oktober 2011 kemarin.

Dr. Francis M. Deng sebabai penasehat khusus sekjen PBB dalam isu genosida menyampaikan bahwa isu Genosida di Indonesia merupakan hal yang sangat sensitif. Ia berkewajiban untuk melaporkan kepada Sekjen PBB tentang situasi genosida di Asia Pasifik termasuk Indonesia.

Kantor Perwakilan PBB di Jakarta turut mengundang perwakilan pimpinan agama di Papua, Pdt Socratez Sofyan Yoman, Perwakilan Komnas HAM Papua Frits Ramandey serta juru bicara internasional Komite Nasional Papua Barat  (KNPB), Victor Yeimo.

Pembahasan materi tentang Manajemen Konflik yang menganalisa dan merespon krisis untuk mencegah risiko kekejaman masal berlangsung alot dengan memusatkan wilayah Papua sebagai wilayah dengan ancaman genosida cukup tinggi di Papua.

Mr. Frances telah dituntut oleh perwakilan Papua untuk segera mengirimkan misi fack finding ke Papua guna meneliti dan melakukan upaya pencegahan dini terhadap ancaman genosida di Papua Barat.

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Pernyataan Dr Neles Tebay di Papua Barat ke Sub-komite Parlemen Eropa tentang Hak Asasi Manusia

01 December, 2011

Pernyataan Dr Neles Tebay di Papua Barat ke Sub-komite Parlemen Eropa tentang Hak Asasi Manusia

Oleh Dr Neles Tebay

Pernyataan untuk Sub-komite Parlemen Eropa tentang Hak Asasi Manusia

Published Europarl.europa.eu/committees"Audiensi Publik mengenai situasi HAM di Asia Tenggara dengan fokus khusus pada Papua Barat 'Koordinator Jaringan Perdamaian Papua (JDP) dan Rektor Sekolah Katolik Fajar Timur 'Filsafat dan Teologi, Jayapura
Pertama-tama, saya ingin meminta maaf karena tidak bisa bersama Anda dan di antara kamu dalam pertemuan penting. Aku telah mengambil keputusan untuk tidak datang ke Brussels, karena ketegangan di Papua Barat sekarang sedang berjalan tinggi. Orang Papua sedang mempersiapkan diri untuk merayakan 1 Desember. Pasukan keamanan lebih Indonesia sedang dikerahkan di Papua Barat. Banyak orang di sini khawatir dan gelisah. Oleh karena itu, saya telah memutuskan untuk tinggal di antara dan dengan Orang di sini di saat krisis.

Saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih untuk mengizinkan saya untuk berbagi pengamatan saya dan pendapat tentang hubungan antara Indonesia dan Papua Barat.
Hubungan antara pemerintah yang berbasis di Jakarta dan Papua telah dan masih ditandai oleh saling curiga dan ketidakpercayaan.
Papua Barat di bawah pemerintahan Indonesia telah menjadi tanah konflik kekerasan.
Konflik berasal dari interpretasi yang berbeda dari integrasi Papua Barat ke dalam Republik Indonesia.
Indonesia menganggap bahwa Papua Barat merupakan bagian integral dari wilayahnya. Papua Barat, maka, selalu shpould dipertahankan sebagai wilayah Indonesia.
Oleh karena itu resistensi Papua dianggap sebagai ancaman terhadap integritas teritorial Indonesia.
Pemberantasan gerakan separatis di Papua Barat telah alasan untuk membenarkan segala bentuk kekerasan negara terhadap Papua dan pelanggaran HAM yang dilakukan againat orang Papua Asli.
Aku thinki, lebih pelanggaran hak asasi manusia kemungkinan akan terus terjadi di masa depan karena ribuan tentara tambahan telah dikerahkan di Papua Barat dan akar penyebab konflik Papua belum ditangani belum.
Menwahile penduduk asli Papua banyak yang melihat tanah leluhur mereka di Papua Barat yang diduduki oleh militer Indonesia. Mereka merasa bahwa mereka telah dan masih sedang dijajah oleh Indonesia.
Oleh karena mereka telah meningkatkan perlawanan mereka terhadap kekuatan kolonial di tanah leluhur mereka. Perlawanan mereka telah diwujudkan melalui menas kekerasan dan non-kekerasan. Saya melihat bahwa Papua akan terus meningkatkan perlawanan mereka terhadap pemerintahan Indonesia dengan cara apapun.
Saya pikir, sekarang adalah waktunya bagi pemerintah pusat dan orang Papua Asli untuk berpikir tentang kebijakan untuk mengakhiri pelanggaran HAM.
Saya percaya bahwa lebih banyak hak asasi manusia yang mungkin terjadi di Papua Barat kecuali akar penyebab separatisme Papua diselesaikan.
Jadi sangat penting bagi kedua belah pihak untuk terlibat dalam dialog konstruktif untuk mengidentifikasi akar penyebab separatisme ini dan menetap mereka tanpa pertumpahan darah yang tidak perlu.
Kabar baiknya adalah bahwa pemerintah Indonesia di bawah kepemimpinan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan adat Papua telah menyatakan secara terbuka kesediaan mereka untuk terlibat dalam dialog untuk mencari solusi damai konflik Papua.
Presiden Yudhoyono berkomitmen untuk menyelesaikan konflik Papua melalui dialog. Dia secara terbuka mengumumkan government'commitment untuk terlibat dalam dialog dengan orang Papua untuk mencari solusi yang lebih baik dan pilihan untuk memantapkan keluhan di Papua Barat.
Jadi, Jika saya mungkin menyarankan, saya ingin meminta Uni Eropa, termasuk Parlemen Eropa dan Komisi Eropa, untuk mendukung inisiatif pemerintah Indonesia untuk dialog terbuka dengan orang Papua untuk menyelesaikan konflik Papua secara damai. Uni Eropa dapat menawarkan bantuan yang diperlukan dalam rangka mendukung pemerintah Indonesia sehingga conflcit Papua dapat diselesaikan melalui dialog terbuka dengan orang Papua Indigensous.
Terima kasih banyak atas pengertian dan perhatian.

TNI membakar gereja-gereja dan Kampung-kampung di Puncak Jaya

03 December, 2011

TNI membakar gereja-gereja dan Kampung-kampung di Puncak Jaya

Pembakaran gereja/ilus

Mulia puncak jaya, Menurut sumber-sumber lokal yang dipercaya di Puncak Jaya, pasukan Indonesia diratakan sebuah desa sipil saat melakukan serangan besar-besaran terhadap gerilyawan Tentara Nasional Pembebasan Goliat Tabuni.

sumber lokal kampong terjadi kontak senjata, telah mengklaim bahwa pada 15.30 waktu setempat pada tanggal 3 Desember, yang dua peleton dari brigade "Kelapa" dari Gegana anti-teroris polisi Brimob, membakar sebuah gereja (gereja baptis), rumah warga, dan rumah penjaga di desa Wandenggobak.

Gegana Brimob adalah pasukan yang sangat di latih khusus dan anti-teroris unit yang menerima dana, mempersenjatai dan melatih oleh Pemerintah Australia, dan dilatih oleh Polisi Federal Australia di Australia-Indonesia bersama Pusat Kerja Sama Penegakan Hukum. Persenjataan standar yang digunakan oleh Gegana termasuk senapan AusSteyr, diproduksi oleh Industri Pertahanan Australia. Hal ini tidak diketahui apakah penyembur api yang digunakan untuk membakar gereja berada di antara yang disediakan oleh Australia.

Membakar terhadap gereja warga sipil terjadi sebagai balasan atas serangan oleh Gen. Goliat Tabuni (Gerilyawan OPM) yang menewaskan dua anggota Brimob tewas pada hari sebelumnya. dari Gegana Brimob polisi Bripda Ferly dan Bripda Eko tewas, dengan Bripda Syukur dirawat untuk penggembalaan paha kecil.

Korban sipil telah dilaporkan, meskipun tidak diverifikasi pada tahap ini. Hal ini tidak diketahui apakah penduduk desa di salah satu bangunan, atau mencari perlindungan di gereja pada saat itu dihancurkan oleh polisi Indonesia.

Laporan ini didasarkan pada kontak dengan dua sumber kredibel teratur dan mapan. Standar biasa untuk mengklaim verifikasi fakta untuk Papua Barat Media adalah tiga aturan sumber independen kami, tapi kami masih menunggu laporan rinci lebih lanjut dari daerah tersebut. Papua, Indonesia dan wartawan internasional telah dilarang dari daerah di Puncak Jaya di mana serangan terjadi yang telah informal dinyatakan sebagai Daerah Operasi Militer (Daerah Operasi Militer / DOM)

Serangan itu diduga dimulai setelah pasukan gerilya dari Tabuni diduga melancarkan serangan terhadap sasaran militer pada tanggal 1 Desember, setelah upacara besar flagraising damai di Tingginambut.

Namun, sumber-sumber kredibel lainnya di Wamena telah mengirim banding mengatakan bahwa Tabuni dekat dengan Wamena. "Setelah Jenderal Tabuni memulai perang pada tanggal 1 ... dataran tinggi internasional kami merasa sangat trauma ... orang-orang biasa mulai mempersenjatai diri dengan senjata tradisional di jalan-jalan", pesan yang diterjemahkan SMS yang dikirim ke Papua Barat Media awal pada tanggal 4 Desember diklaim.
Published lainnya:West Papua Media Alerts
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The Status of Papua, Indonesia

2 November, 2011

The Status of Papua, Indonesia

Joe Yun
Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment
Washington, DC
Published: http://www.state.gov/p/eap/

Chairman Faleomavaega, Mr. Manzullo, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on the situation in Papua.

U.S. Policy

Developments affecting Papua, which includes the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, are closely followed by the Department of State and represent an important aspect of our overall relations with Indonesia. The United States recognizes and respects the territorial integrity of Indonesia within its current borders and does not support or condone separatism in Papua, or in any other part of the country. At the same time, we strongly support respect for universal human rights within Indonesia, including the right of peaceful assembly, free expression of political views, and the fair and non-discriminatory treatment of ethnic Papuans within Indonesia.

Within this context, we have consistently encouraged the Indonesian government to work with the indigenous Papuan population to address their grievances, resolve conflicts peacefully, and support development and good governance in the Papuan provinces. The Administration believes the full implementation of the 2001 Special Autonomy Law for Papua, which emerged as part of Indonesia’s democratic transition, would help resolve long-standing grievances. We continue to encourage the Indonesian government to work with Papuan authorities to discuss ways to empower Papuans and further implement the Special Autonomy provisions, which grant greater authority to Papuans to administer their own affairs.

Human Rights

Advancing human rights is one of our primary foreign policy objectives not only in Indonesia, but also throughout the world. We believe that respect for human rights helps to strengthen democracy. We want to see the right of peaceful, free expression of political views and freedom of association observed throughout the world, including in Papua.

We monitor allegations of human rights violations in Papua and West Papua, and we report on them in the annual Country Report on Human Rights. With the growth of democracy over the past decade in Indonesia, there has been substantial improvement in respect for human rights, although there remain credible concerns about human rights violations. The improvement includes Papua, although, as our annual reporting has documented, there continues to be some credible allegations of abuse. We regularly engage the Government of Indonesia on the importance of respect for human rights by security forces, and we continue to emphasize our strong support for an open and transparent legal system to look into any claims of excessive use of force. We also urge them to increase accountability for past human rights abuses. We deplore violence committed by armed groups, including in Papua, against civilians and government security forces.

It is critical that independent and objective observers have unrestricted access to Papua in order to monitor developments. At present, Indonesian journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and Indonesian citizens may travel freely to Papua and West Papua. However, the Indonesian government requires that foreign journalists, NGOs, diplomats, and parliamentarians obtain permission to visit Papua. We continue to encourage the Indonesian government to give these groups, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, full and unfettered access to Papua and West Papua.

Papuans are Indonesian citizens and are free to travel to other parts of Indonesia.

Demographic Shifts

Migration from other parts of Indonesia has increased the number of non-Papuan residents to about 40 percent of the current population in Papua and West Papua. The total population of both provinces is 2.4 million, of which 900,000 are migrants. Past government-sponsored transmigration programs, which moved households from more densely populated areas to less populated regions, account for part of the influx. The majority of the population shift has resulted from natural migration trends from Indonesia’s large population centers to Papua where there is relatively low population density. Some Papuans have voiced concerns that the migrants have interfered with their traditional ways of life, land usage, and economic opportunities.

Economic Development

Although the region is rich in natural resources, including gold, copper, natural gas, and timber, Papua lags behind other parts of Indonesia in some key development indicators. Poverty is widespread in Papua and Papua has the lowest level of adult literacy in Indonesia at 74 percent. The region also has a disproportionately high number of HIV/AIDS cases compared with the rest of Indonesia and high rates of infant and maternal mortality.

According to the World Bank, the two greatest challenges to economic development are Papua’s topography and climate—great distances between towns, steep mountains, swampy lowlands, fragile soils, and heavy seasonal rainfall—and its social structure—low population density and cultural fragmentation.

Special Autonomy

Indonesia’s parliament in 2001 granted Special Autonomy to Papua, which, along with Aceh, was one of the two areas in Indonesia that harbored high-profile separatist movements. This law devolved to provincial and local authorities all government functions outside of five national competencies; defense, foreign affairs, religious affairs, justice, and monetary/fiscal policy.

The Special Autonomy Law has not been fully implemented in Papua. Implementation has been delayed due to lack of implementing regulations. In addition, the provincial governments have lacked the capacity to take on certain key responsibilities and some central government ministries have yet to cede their authorities. Although full implementation of Special Autonomy has not yet been realized, Indonesian government officials point to increased funding to Papua, which has totaled Rp 27 trillion or approximately US$3 billion in the past nine years, higher per capita than any other area in Indonesia. The Special Autonomy Law created the Papuan People’s Council (MRP) to protect Papuan culture. Recently, the MRP rejected Special Autonomy, symbolically handing Special Autonomy back to Indonesian authorities. This action had no practical legal effect, but it did highlight the need for increased dialogue between Papua and Jakarta to resolve the region’s outstanding differences.

We continue to encourage the Indonesian government and the provincial governments of Papua and West Papua to fully implement the Special Autonomy Law. This would include the promulgation of implementing regulations for all provisions of the law, central government action to ensure that provincial or local laws take precedence in areas of delegated authority, and actions to increase the capacity for development and good governance. We believe that full implementation would help to address Papuans’ grievances against the central government. Dialogue between central authorities and the indigenous Papuan population could facilitate full implementation of Special Autonomy, and result in actions that would support development and boost good governance in Papua.

U.S. Assistance

The United States is working in partnership with the government of Indonesia and the provincial governments of Papua and West Papua to find ways to address the key developmental challenges of Papua, including increasing good governance, access to quality healthcare and education, and protecting the environment. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) implements programs in Papua to foster improvements in these sectors with activities that total $­­­­11.6 million, or 7 percent of USAID’s budget for Indonesia for fiscal year 2010.

In addition to USAID programs, the Department of State also brings Papuans to the United States for thematic engagement on issues such as resource distribution. Our Fulbright programs have had over 22 grantees from Papua. We also partner with the private sector to leverage resources. For example, in a public-private partnership, the Fulbright-Freeport Scholarship Program has funded 18 individuals from Papua for study in the United States.

Embassy Jakarta maintains a vigorous schedule of engagement with Papua and West Papua. U.S. Mission officers routinely travel to the provinces. Ambassador Marciel, who arrived at post in mid-August, plans to travel to Papua soon after he presents his credentials to the Indonesian government. Officers maintain a wide base of contacts concerning Papua, including central and provincial government officials, human rights activists, military and police personnel, traditional and religious leaders, and NGO staff. In addition to official meetings, Embassy officers conduct regular public outreach in Papua and West Papua.

Conclusion

In closing, I would like to emphasize that Papua plays an important role in our sustained engagement with the Government of Indonesia. While Indonesia’s overall human rights situation has improved along with the country’s rapid democratic development, we are concerned by allegations of human rights violations in Papua and continuously monitor the situation there. We urge increased dialogue between the central government and Papuan leaders and the full implementation of the Special Autonomy Law. We will continue to provide assistance to build a strong economic and social foundation in Papua.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify before you today. I am pleased to answer your questions.