...The World Council of Church’s petition for the inclusion of West Papua in the UN’s list of countries for decolonisation was highly supported by 12 Pacific Island countries church leaders who are also present at the meeting. It is a formal request by the organisation, which also consists of the bid to send a fact finding mission to the Indonesian held territory to assess the real situation, as well as a call for the state to end the human rights atrocities that are happening there. That is, those including arbitrary arrests, torture, illegal detentions, brutality, murder, genocide and other abuses by the Indonesian military. Having mentioned that, I find it ridiculously surprising why there is being very little done by our Pacific Islands national political leaders towards finding a fair and lasting resolution for the issue. This is clearly shown in the latest UNGA meeting, in which there is not even a slight mention of West Papua in our representative’s speech, nor that of the other Pacific Island countries. Correct me if I am wrong. But as far as I know, Vanuatu was the only country that is bold to stand up for the cause of West Papua. .. I.Waitara
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:18:11 +0000
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