Indonesia bleeding-out in West Papua as Jakarta moves to shut down three ‘resistance’ faculties at Cenderawasih University in Jayapura
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Vanuatu appoints Lini Special Envoy for West Papua
ULMWP Executives Benny Wenda and Jacob Rumbiak are in Vanuatu to celebrate the Pacific nation’s 38th year of independence.
Vanuatu renders Solomonic appointment for West Papua
The Government of Vanuatu has appointed Ms Laura Lini as Special Envoy for West Papua. Laura is the daughter of Walter Lini, the founding father of the Pacific Island republic.
Strafing a village from a helicopter isn’t democracy
Strafing a Papuan village from helicopter gunships isn't democracy.
Indonesia fire-bombs a heritage highland village where indigenous Papuans have lived for thousands of years
ULMWP advises Jokowi to remove Indonesia from Security Council
ULMWP Executive Jacob Rumbiak advises President Jokowi to remove Indonesia from UN Security Council
Indonesia fouls its membership of UN Security Council
ULMWP Executive claims Indonesia fouls its membership of UN Security Council
Indonesia continues to hunt Papuan soldiers and civilians
Indonesia continues to hunt Papuan soldiers and civilians in high-mountain forest
Vanuatu gifts West Papuans block of land in Port Vila
West Papuans shining with reviewed hope and strength after Vanuatu leaders gift them a block of land in Port Vila
MSG: Bring West Papua in, kick Indonesia out
On 29 April 2016 a large peace rally in Port Vila concluded at the Secretariat of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, with thousands calling on the inter-governmental summit to invite West Papua to become a full member in 2016.
Procession of the Gifts, West Papua in Vanuatu, 1 Dec 2014
Photo-essay of the Procession of Gifts and Solidarity March that opened the Vanuatu Government's 'Reconciliation and Unity Summit for West Papuan Leaders' on 1 December 2014. The ground-breaking Summit concluded with the establishment of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), a representative coordinating body of West Papuans tasked with underwriting their nation's application to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). The Summit was sponsored by the Vanuatu Government and moderated by the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs, Vanuatu Christian Council, and Pacific Conference of Churches. On 4 February 2015, the Vanuatu Government, surrounded by these influential institutions, lodged the application with the MSG Secretariat in Port Vila.
WP leader questions Australian support of revisionist Indonesia
West Papuan independence leader Jacob Rumbiak has queried Australia’s ongoing financial support and military relations with Indonesia after the Red-White Coalition (Suharto’s New Order) garnered all the leadership positions in the Indonesian Parliament
FRWP Executives to be Released from Prison
The Indonesian government has claimed it is releasing the President and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) on Monday 21 July 2014. President Forkorus Yaboisembut and Prime Minister Edison Waromi were convicted of treason, along with Selfius Bobbi, Agus Karar, and Domiinikus Sorabut, after the 3rd Papua Congress established the independent state of West Papua on 19 October 2011.
Drs Jacob Rumbiak, Speech, Opening, FRWP Dept Foreign Affairs, Immigration & Trade, Docklands, 23 June 2014
Drs Jacob Rumbiak, Speech, Opening of the FRWP Dept of Foreign Affairs, Immigration & Trade, 23 June 2014
Briefing Paper for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
This paper was developed by the West Papua National Authority, in consultation with the OPM, the Papua Presidium Council, tribal leaders, Church leaders, NGO’s, women leaders and student organization. It addresses common misunderstandings about the West Papuan liberation struggle, and answers questions commonly posed by journalists, diplomats, and politicians about an issue usually considered in terms of political sovereignty and human rights, but which has become central to the security and defence of countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
West Papua’s Right to Self-Determination
In this five-thousand word paper for the 2001 Festival of Ideas in Adelaide, Jacob Rumbiak examines three international agreements and three Indonesian regulations, via which over-rode Dutch-funded self-determination policies and projects, and the West Papuans right to be consulted, and independence, were consciously ignored.
West Papua Independence Policies; Tensions in the Transition
This paper sets out the infrastructural priorities adopted by the West Papua National Authority (WPNA) in the transition from Special Autonomy (2001—2010) to an independent nation-state on the western border of Melanesia Pacific. Published February 2011
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