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| Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Joe Natuman (IST) |
Port Moresby, 2/7 (Jubi) – The Government of Vanuatu will continue raising the issue on West Papua to the UN.
After the meeting of Melanesia Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders at Port
Moresby on last 26 June, the Vanuatu Prime Minister Vanuatu Joe Natuman
reconfirmed the commitment to raise the issue on West Papua liberation.
Natuman said the Government of Vanuatu continues to seek the opportunity
to raise the West Papua issue to the UN level.
Towards the reporters, Natuman told the Government of Vanuatu is
considering to propose the International Court’s opinion. “We consider
seeking an opinion on the legal process held by the UN when handed over
West Papua to Indonesia,” Natuman said in Port Villa, Vanuatu (30/6).
Earlier, the Vanuatu Prime Minister has been said the similar statement in Port Moresby.
“This process (to the UN) is still open for us. But now we have to deal with such a problem like this. We talked with Indonesia, held a dialogue with Indonesia and all Melanesian representatives about tendencies, in particular the political tendency in provinces of Papua and Papua Barat,” said Natuman in Port Moresby on 27 June.
Natuman also respected the MSG’s decision to seek more proactive
approach with Indonesia to find a solution to deal with the development
issues in Papua. Under the administration of Prime Minister Moana
Kalosil, Natuman was the representative of Vanuatu in the MSG mission to
West Papua, but then Vanuatu withdrew its participation in the mission.
Since becoming the independent state, Vanuatu has shown its
commitment towards West Papua’s issue. Some former prime ministers of
Vanuatu including Walter Lini and Barack Sope were actively raising the
West Papua issue to the UN and then Moana Kalosil and Natuman continued
to support. Even Kalosil pointed the MSG countries has denied Papuans as
part of Melanesian entity.
“Vanuatu is the only country in the world who is not fear to stand up
and speak for the liberation rights of Papuans whether in the United
Nation or in other world’s forum,” Moana Karkas Kalosis said in his
speech in front of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in last March.
(Jubi/Victor Mambor/rom)
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