West Papua ULMWP calls for more Melanesian interaction

5:21 pm on 12 July 2016, RNZ

The West Papua National Committee wants a national action to be held over the next two days in West Papua (July 13th and July 14th) to mark its meeting with the MSG.

The Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders are meeting in Honiara, where they are considering the United Liberation Movement for West Papua’s application for full membership.

The Committee says activities in Papua will include peaceful demonstrations, prayers and feasting to show support for the Movement’s application.

Meanwhile West Papua says it wants more interaction with the MSG – Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.

The Movement’s general secretary Octo Mote told the Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare West Papua would like to see more contacts in sports, especially football.

He says they would also like to send young West Papuans to study at the Solomon Islands National University in Honiara and at educational institutions in Vanuatu, and later possibly to universities in PNG and Fiji.

Internasionalisasi Aspirasi Papua Merdeka Tidak Bisa Dihindari

JAKARTA, SATUHARAPAN.COM – Pemerintah Indonesia selama ini berusaha untuk menolak dan menghindari internasionalisasi masalah Papua. Padahal, pada kenyataannya masalah Papua termasuk aspirasi untuk merdeka sudah menjadi masalah internasional sejak lama. Oleh karena itu sulit menghindari sorotan dunia internasional atas masalah ini.

Hal ini dikatakan oleh Peneliti Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI), Cahyo Kumolo, dalam wawancara dengan satuharapan.com di Jakarta (24/2).

“Internasinalisasi masalah Papua sudah ada sejak dahulu bahkan persoalaan Papua bukan persoalaan nasional tetapi persoalaan internasional,” kata Cahyo, yang banyak melakukan kajian tentang Papua.

Menurut dia, masalah integrasi Papua ke dalam Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia berawal dari Konferensi Meja Bundar pada tahun 1949. Status Papua dilaksankan sesuai dengan perundingan antara pihak Indonesia dan pihak Belanda. Hal itu sudah menunjukkan adanya dimensi internasional masalah Papua.

Lalu peristiwa Trikora, yang kemudian memicu konflik Indonesia dan Belanda yang dimediasi oleh Amerika Serikat,  juga menunjukkan dimensi internasional masalah Papua.

“Ketika beberapa tokoh OPM melarikan diri ke luar negeri, ke Belanda, Papua Nugini dan Australia, itu sudah mulai menciptakan benih-benih proses internasionalisasi mengenai Papua yang kemudian bermuara pada pembentukan Parlemen Internasional untuk Papua Barat (International Parliementarians for West Papua) di Inggris pada tahun 2008. Kemudian KTT Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) pada 2015, itu juga merupakan bagian dari internasionalisasi masalah Papua,” kata Cahyo.

Ia mengakui ada perbedaan pendapat mengenai kadar internasionalisasi masalah Papua saat ini.  “Ada yang bilang belum ada apa-apa, karena negara di Pasifik masih terlalu kecil dan ada juga yang berpendapat ini adalah masalah yang serius,” kata dia.

Namun, menurut Cahyo,  MSG  merupakan kelompok beranggotakan negara-negara yang merdeka. Anggota MSG sendiri merupakan bagian dari Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB). “Isu ini bisa saja dibawa ke forum yang lebih tinggi,” kata Cahyo.

“Meskipun MSG hanya bagian dari Pasifik Selatan, saya menduga mereka memiliki jaringan yang kuat dengan negara yang besar seperti Australia, Amerika Serikat. Kita tidak boleh menyepelekan mereka dan kita tidak boleh memandang mereka tidak memiliki kekuatan politik,” kata Cahyo.

Editor : Eben E. Siadari

US signals concern about West Papua forests

5:24 pm on 21 January 2016, RadioNZNews

The US Ambassador to Indonesia has visited West Papua and indicated American interest in helping to keep the endangered forests of Papua region intact.

Transcript

The United States government has indicated it wants to help protect the endangered forests of West Papua.

This follows a trip to the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua this week by the US Ambassador to Indonesia, Robert Blake.

Among a range of consultations he had while in the remote region, Mr Blake met with Papuan activists in Jayapura on Tuesday 19/1/16 to discuss issues such as human rights.

Mr Blake also discussed ongoing, rampant clearance of forest and peatlands in Papua which has some of the world’s last remaining substantial tracts of rainforest.

One of the people Mr Blake talked with was Father Neles Tebay of Papua’s Catholic Justice and Peace Secretariat who spoke to Johnny Blades.

NELES TEBAY: In the meeting between the US Ambassador and we Papuan activists, the US ambassador was keen to know about the present situation in Papua. He wants to know about issues related to forests because of the climate change personal commitment on climate change made in Paris last year and how it can be implemented in Papua. So he discussed about how to keep the Papuan forests intact. Because the Papuan forests are considered as the world’s lungs. So once the lungs are destroyed, it is not only the Papuans or only the Indonesians but the internatinoal community who will pay the price.

JOHNNY BLADES: Did he give you any sign that the US can do something to help with the rights or the forests?

NT: Yeah, I think he’s willing, he’s at least willing to help, of course in collaboration with the government of Indonesia, and the local government here, also in collaboration with some local NGOs.

JB: But what practically can the Americans do?

NT: I think he might raise the issue with the government of Indonesia. In the meeting, he didn’t say he’s committed to help the Papuans through local government or GOs, but in my understanding, knowing the destruction of forests in Papua and its implications, he might raise the issue in his conversations with central government of Indonesia in Jakarta.

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