Photos of the rally outside Kirribilli House (Sydney residence of Prime Minister Abbott) on the 15 August
Photos of the rally outside Kirribilli House on the 15 August
The 'Day of Broken Promise’
On the 15 August 1962 an agreement was
signed between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the
Netherlands concerning West New Guinea. A vote on a
Dutch/Indonesian resolution on the agreement by the UN General Assembly
on the 21 of September 1962 was adopted and included this statement:
“The Agreement contains certain guarantees for the population of the
territory, including detailed provisions regarding the exercise of the
right of self-determination under arrangements made by Indonesia with
the advice, assistance and participation of the Secretary-General who
will appoint a United Nations Representative for this purpose. The act
of Self-determination is to take place before the end of 1969”
UN General Assembly (Agenda item 89. August 1962, New York). In
1969, Indonesia chose 1025 electors (one representative for
approximately every 700 Papuans) to vote in the UN sanctioned election.
Under coercion the electors voted to integrate with Indonesia. The West
Papuan people call this , the act, of no free choice
Australia was involved in the betrayal. Time to put West Papua back on the listing of UN trust territories
From Free West Papua campaign Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/FreeWestPapuaCampaignAustralia/photos/pcb.731532003646087/731530930312861/?type=1&theater
