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Update
Terakhir: Mar 8th, 2006 - 22:29:48
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 Usaha Diplomasi
The momentum to address the endless cries and struggles for a free West Papua throughout the world has finally come to the attention of Vanuatu's highest decision-making body, the Parliament after more than 25 years of advocacy, Vanuatu Daily Post reports. Members of Parliament from both the opposition and the government will not only be given an in-depth briefing on the current situation in West Papua but will now be faced with the task of deciding how Vanuatu will handle the issue. Not only has the motion been distributed to MPs but it has taken on an interesting twist with Leader of Opposition, Serge Vohor posing as the mover while Agriculture Minister Barak Sope has come in as the seconder- rasing questions over the position of the government on the issue. “The motion is to request parliament to facilitate the process of independence for West Papua,” the office of the Leader for Opposition has stated. Mr Vohor said “Vanuatu spoke out about West Papua at the Pacific Islands Forum since 2000 and at the United Nations General Assembly since 1984 and raised the matter of self-determination and independence of West Papua- urging these bodies to investigate the conduct of the Act of Free Choice of 1969.” Even though government members will sit and listen to the opposition presentation, Vohor will have to get the support and approval of more than his 17 members to support the motion. “The government side will listen eagerly to the presentation of the motion and will decide on what it believes is best for the West Papuan,” a government insider told the Vanuatu Daily Post. The source says Prime Minister Ham Lini was very clear in his 31 December 2004 policy statement on the West Papua issue. Mr Lini has publicly stated that West Papua be included at the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the South Pacific Forum and the United Nations. In the proposed motion, parliamentarians will call on the Government of Vanuatu to sponsor the West Papuan issue to the UN. The motion will call for the establishment of the Special Commission of Inquiry to review the UN's conduct in relation to the 1969 Act. Also the UN should send a fact-finding mission to examine the situation in West Papua; It will also call for a democratic referendum in West Papua under the direct supervision of the UN in accordance with international principles. Vanuatu Daily Post/PNS © Copyright 2003-2005 by watchPAPUA
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