[lang_en]From: “West Papua Action” <wpaction at iol.ie>
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: [wp] 34 MEPs call for UN to review its conduct in relation to “Act of ‘Free’ Choice
[The people who signed this declaration are all Members of the European Parliament - MEPs]
Declaration on the continued unrest in West Papua
By Proinsias de Rossa
The European Parliament,
Having regard to the European Commission’s Report of the EC Conflict Prevention Assessment Mission: Indonesia, March 2002, on unrest in West Papua, and specifically its conclusion (on Page 64) where it states:
“the Act of Free Choice’ (1968-69)… was never more than a farce. A grand total of 1,025 Papuans, all selected by the Indonesian authorities were permitted to vote – with virtually no UN monitoring – on the future of West Papua’s 800,000 inhabitants. Not too surprisingly, they unanimously voted to remain in Indonesia…”
Having regard to the continued unrest in West Papua and the success of the popular consultation properly conducted by the UN in East Timor in August 1999 and in light of the abduction and assassination of the Chairperson of the Papuan Presidium Council, Theys Hiyo Eluay, in November last year.
Calls on the European Commission and Council to urge the United Nations Secretary-General to instigate an immediate review of the UN’s conduct in relation to the “Act of ‘Free’ Choice” and reconsider the act of self-
determination in West Papua of August 1969, as it continues to be a source of unrest and protest in West Papua and constitutes a threat to stability and peace in the region of South East Asia.
Proinsias De Rossa
19 July 2002
Also signed by:
Mrs Nuala Ahern, Mr Alexandros Alavanos, Mrs Mary Banotti, Mr Margrietus (Max) J. van den Berg, Mr Johannes (Hans) Blokland, Mr Hans Udo Bullmann, Mr Paulo Casaca, Mr Michael Cashman, Mr Luigi Cocilovo, Mr Gerard Collins, Mr Richard Corbett, Mr Armando Cossutta, Mr John Cushnahan, Mrs Avril Doyle, Mr Harald
Ettl, Mrs Pernille Frahm, Mr Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Mr Liam Hyland, Mr Giorgos Katiforis, Mrs Jean Lambert, Mr Jo Leinen, Mr Alain Lipietz, Mrs Caroline Lucas, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Mr John Joseph McCartin, Professor Sir Neil Mac Cormick, Mrs Patricia McKenna, Mr Erik Meijer, Mr Se?n O’Neachtain, Mrs. Francisca Sauquillo P?rez Del Arco, Mrs Catherine Stihler, Mr Charles Tannock, Mrs Anne E.M. Van Lancker
ENDS
West Papua Action
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