The document discusses Indonesia's annexation of West Papua in 1963 and the events leading up to it. It summarizes that under the 1962 New York Agreement, West Papuans were to be given the opportunity for self-determination by 1969, but in 1969 Indonesia and the Dutch colluded to deny West Papuans this right. The UN Secretary General at the time also failed in his duty to ensure West Papuans could exercise their right to self-determination as outlined in the Agreement and UN Resolution 1541. As a result, West Papuans were never given a legitimate opportunity to determine their own fate.

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2. INDONESIA

7. BUT THE DUTCH WAS EQUALLY RESOLUTE AND
READY TO FACE THE INVASION. IN JANUARY
1962 THE DUTCH ROYAL NAVY DESTROYED THE
COMMANDING BOAT OF 5 INDONESIAN
ATTACKING PATROL BOATS. THE COMMANDER
COMMODORE JOS SUDARSO WAS KILLED
INSTANTLY.
WAR WAS IMMINENT

8. THE UINTED STATES ADMINISTRATION
DECIDED THAT SUPPORTING THE DUTCH
WOULD NOT BE THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION.
CONSEQUENTLY PRESIDENT F.J. KENNEDY
OFFERED TO NEGOTIATE AND HEAVILY
PERSUADED THE DUTCH TO DISENGAGE; ALL
FOR THE INTEREST OF THE WESTERN BLOC.
IN HIS CONVIDENTIAL LETTER TO THE PRIME
MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS (DUTCH)
PRESIDENT KENNEDY WROTE (QUOTE IN PART):

12. IN THE PAST 54 YEARS THOSE WHO MADE THESE
DECISIONS WITHOUT OUR PEOPLE’S CONCENT
CONTINUED APPEASING INDONESIA AS IF THEY
ENDORSE THE VIOLENT REPRESSION IN WEST
PAPUA. RESEARCH BY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS IN THE
US AND AUSTRALIA PREDICTED OVER 100,000
DEATHS WHILE DUTCH RESEARCHER DR. KEES
LAGERBERD FOUND THAT 300,000 PEOPLE WERE
UNACCOUNTED FOR.

13. THE VIOLENCE IS DESIGNED TO IFLICT
MAXIMUM FEAR AND ALSO TO ANNIHILATE .
LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS ARE KILLED OR
MADE TO DISAPPEAR THEIR BODIES WERE
LATER FOUND IN SHALLOW GRAVES OR
WASHED ASHORE WITH MISSING HEADS
AND LIMBS.
THE SAME AS RWANDA AND KOSOVO THE
REAL DEATH TOLL CAN ONLY BE VERIFIED
AFTER THE TERRITORY IS FREE FROM ITS
OCCUPIERS.

14. THE MAIN DECISIONS OF THE NEW YORK AGREEMENT:
(1). THE DUTCH TO TRANSFER THE TERRITORY TO THE UNTED
NATIONS.
(2). UNITED NATIONS WILL THEN ENTRUSTED INDONESIA A 5
YEARS INTERIM PERIOD OF ADMINISTRATION.
(3). BY 1969 WITH THE ADVISE AND ASSISTANCE OF THE OFFICE
OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL INDONESIA WILL
CONDUCT A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC PROCEDURE FOR THE
PAPUANS TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE PART
OF INDONESIA OR SEPARATE FROM IT.
(4). IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT THE NYA PRECEDED ANY
AGREEMENT EVER MADE REGARDING THE TERRITORY.

15. INDONESIA ANNEXED WEST PAPUA IN MAY 1963, THE
MOMENT THE TERRITORY WAS REFERTED TO IT’S
CONTROLL BY THE UNITED NATIONS TEMPORARY
EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY (UNTEA). IDONESIA THEN
DECLARED WEST PAPUA OFFLIMIT TO
INTERNATIONAL ACCESS.
THE OTHER PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT, UN
SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE KINGDOM OF THE
NETHERLANDS (DUTCH) DID NOTING AS IF THEY
APPROVED THE INDONESIAN ACTIONS.

16. WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE RESISTED THE
ANNEXATION AND ESTABLISHED THE
INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT, THE OPM
(ORGANISASI PAPUA MERDEKA) THAT
WAS LAUNCHED ON 28 JULY 1965.
IT CONTINUED TO RESIST INDONESIAN
OCCUPATION EVERSINCE.

17. TO ENFORCE ITS SUBJUGATION POLICIES
SUKARNO ISSUED A PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
TO CRIMINALIZE ANY ORGANIZED OPPOSITION
TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
INDONESIA IS STILL IMPLEMENTING THIS ANTI
SUBVERSIVE LAW. UNDER THIS LAW ANY
ACTIVITY DEEMED DETRIMENTAL TO THE UNITARY
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA ARE SEVERLY
PUNISHED.
THE MILITARY AND MILITIAS FREELY INTERPRET
THIS LAW TO JUSTIFY THEIR OPERATIONS. THE
LAW PERMITS THEM TO TORTURE AND KILL AT
WILL IN THE NAME OF THE STATE. THEY ARE
IMUNE FROM ANY CRIMINAL ACT.

19. Cases of violent repression with
intent to annihilate and
..also to serve as example for those
who dare to resist

32. In 1965 Gen. Suharto removed
Sukarno, ended the confrontatio
against Malaysia and annihilated
the Communists in Indonesia
making him darling of the West.

34. A group of African countries
led by Ghana contend that if the
Indonesian report was in fact the
case then the Act of Free Choice
was not the solution but further
development until the Papuans
are ready for the vote.

35. They further recommended that when
the Papuans are ready for the vote,
United Nations must be in charge of the
conduct of the referendum.
Their effort was unsuccessful regardless
of the merits of their argument that is
based on UN principles especially Res.
1541 (XV)
and also the NYA.

37. THE REPORT WAS DELIBERATELY TABLED LATE
GIVING MEMBERS NOT MUCH TIME TO STUDY IT.
MORE OVER IT WAS PRESENTED AS A SUCCESSFUL
CONCLUSION OF A LONG STANDING CONFLICT
BETWEEN INDONESIA AND THE NETHERLANDS. THE
ONLY MEMBERS WHO ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE
CASE ARE, THE ACTING UN SECRETARY GENERAL,
THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA AND UNITED
KINGDOM.
INDONESIA AND THE NETHERLANDS MIGHT HAVE
KNOWN THAT THESE COUNTRIES WILL NOT OBJECT
TO THEIR ACTION. A DARK EPISODE OF THE UN
SYSTEM.

38. THE REMOVAL OF SUKARNO AND
ANNIHILATION OF THE COMMUNISTS
IN INDONESIA IN 1965 HAD PAID OFF
HERE, …THE UNITED STATE AND ALLIES
KEPT SILENT OR LOOK THE OTHER WAY
ALLOWING SUHARTO GET AWAY WITH
THIS SHAM EXERCISE

39. IRREGULARITIES IN THE IMPLENENTATION OF
THE NEW YORK AGREEMENT:
1) UNTIL 1969 AS STIPULATED IN ARTICLE 73 OF THE UN CHARTER
WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE REMAIN COLONIAL SUBJECTS OF THE
DUTCH . WHILE THE TERRITORY WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE UN
THE DUTCH HAVE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT PAPUANS’ SAFETY AND RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED . THIS
RESPONSIBILTY CEASED ONLY AFTER THEY EXERCISE THEIR
RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION.
2) THE OFFICE OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL ENTRUSTED THE
TERRITORY TO INDONESIA AS THE INTERIM ADMINISTERING
POWER . BUT AS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE TRUST TERRITORY
RULES THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION OF COLONIAL
SUBJECTS REMAIN A SEPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
SECRETARY GENERAL.

40. 3. THE DUTCH AND THE OFFICE OF THE UN SECRETARY
GENEAL FAILED IN THEIR DUTY TO PROTECT THE
SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE OF WEST PAPUA. THEY DID
NOTHING WHEN INDONESIA BREACHED THE NYA BY
ANNEXING THE TERRITORY.
4. IN 1969 THE DUTCH AND INDONESIA
COLABORATED TO DEFRAUD UN RES. 1541 ON
PROCEDURES FOR REFERENDUM WITH THE FULL
KNOWLEDGE OF THE OFFICE OF THE UN SECRETARY
GENERAL.

41. AFTER 50 YEARS OF REPRESSION AND OVER 300,000
DEATHS AND AFTER 50 YEARS OF UN SILENCE ,THE UN
SECRETARY GENERAL HON. BAN KI-MOON
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT:
“WEST PAPUA IS AN ISSUE; THE RIGHT
PLACE FOR IT TO BE DISCUSSED IS THE
DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY”
(Auckland/New Zealand, Pacific Islands Forum,
7 September 2011)
AN ISSUE WHOSE TIME HAS COME

42. Ban Ki-Moon is greeted by West Papuan
supporters in Auckland, New Zealand

43. Pacific NGOs called on
Ban Ki-Moon to solve the West
Papuan issue

44. Ban Ki-Moon delivered a statement that
surprised governments but pleased the
Pacific NGOs

45. THE SUGESTION BY BAN KI-MOON
IS TIMELY BECAUSE IN 1969 THE ACTING
SECRETARY GENERAL U’ THANT DID NOT HAVE
THE POLITICAL WILL TO PROTECT THE
INTEGRITY OF THIS OFFICE.
HE DID NOT RECIND THE RESULTS OF THE
FRAUDULENT ACT OF FREE CHOICE. INSTEAD HE
TRIED TO DISTANCE HIS OFFICE FROM THE
RESULTS BY SIMPLY NOTING THAT INDONESIA
ORGANIZED AN ACT OF FREE CHOICE BASED ON
ITS OWN SYSTEM. IN OTHER WORDS NOT ON
THE UN SYSTEM.

46. IN 1946 FORMER APPARTHEID REGIME OF SOUTH AFRICA
ORGANISED A SIMILAR ACT OF FREE CHOICE FOR THE
PEOPLE OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA NOW NAMIBIA. IN THAT
EXERCISE TRIBAL CHIEFS DECIDED THAT SOUTHWEST
AFRICA SHOULD BECOME PART OF SOUTH AFRICA. UN
SECRETARY GENERAL ESTBLISHED A COMMITTEE TO
REVIEW THE PROCEDURE AND REPORTED TO THE UN
GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHERE IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE
PROCEDURE WAS FRAUDULENT. THE UNGA REJECTED THE
RESULTS.
IN 1969 THE ACTING UN SECRETARY GENERAL DID NOT
HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO THE SAME FOR THE
PEOPLE OF WEST PAPUA. HE FAILED IN HIS DUTY TO
UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF HIS OFFICE.

47. THE UNDENIABLE TRUTH
UNDER THE NEW YORK AGREEMENT OF 15 AUGUST 1962,
INDONESIA AND THE DUTCH AGREED THAT BY 1969 WEST PAPUAN
PEOPLE WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THEIR
RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION. THE EXERCISE WILL BE
ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE MEANING
REFERENDUM AS PRESCRIBED IN THE UN RES. 1541 OF DEC. 1960. IT
WAS AGREED THAT WEST PAPUAN MEN AND WOMEN WILL CHOSE
WHETHER THEY WANT TO REMAIN WITH INDONESIA OR SEPARATE
FROM IT MEANING INDEPENDENCE.
BOTH PARATIES INVITED THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO
TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE AGREEMENT (NYA).

48. BUT, IN 1969 INDONESIA AND THE DUTCH COLABORATED
TO DENY WEST PAPUANS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THAT RIGHT.
THE DUTCH ENDORSED THE FRAUDULENT
EXERCISE ENGINEERED BY THE MILITARY
REGIME OF SUHARTO.
THE ACTING UN SECRETARY GENERAL U’THANT FAILED
IN HIS DUTY TO GUARANTEE TO THE PAPUAN PEOPLE
THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION AS PRESCRIBED
UNDER RES.1541.

49. IN RESPONSE TO QUERIES ABOUT THE
SHAM EXERCISE, THE UN UNDERSECRETARY
GENERAL (AT THE TIME) NARASHIMAN SINGH
REMARKED:
“WHO COULD BELIEVE THAT SUHARTO WILL
CONDUCT A DEMOCRATIC ACT OF
SELF-DETERMINATION?”

50. WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE’S
RESPONSE

51. THE WHOLE EXERCICE WAS
FRAUD. THE PEOPLE MOST
CONCERNED, WEST PAPUANS AND
THEIR ELECTED LEADERS WERE
LEFT OUT OF THE WHOLE PROCESS
FROM THE NEW YORK
AGREEMENT OF 1962 TO THE ACT
OF FREE CHOICE OF 1969.

52. CONCLUSION:
IN 1969 WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE WERE DENIED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCIZE THEIR RIGHT OF SELF-
DETERMINATION AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE NEW
YORK AGREEMENT AND AS PRESCRIBED IN UNGA
RESOLUTION 1541 (XV).
INDONESIA BREACHED THE NEW YORK AGREEMENT
AND DEFROUD RESOLUTION 1541 (XV) BUT GOT
AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE, THE OTHER PARTIES, THE
NETHERLANDS, THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL
AND UNITED STATES DID NOT OBJECT TO HIS ACTIONS.

54. UNFORTUNATELY IT IS ONLY
THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU THAT
SINCE INDEPENDENCE IN 1980
MAINTAINED ITS UNWAVERING
SUPPORT FOR THE WEST PAPUAN
STRUGGLE

55. Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Hon. Moana Carcasses.
Kalosil

57. The outgoing Chairman, Hon. Bany Marama Prime
Minister of Fiji received membership application
from Dr. John Ondawame, Vice Chaiman of WPNCL
on behalf West Papua
Bany Marama promised to put
West Papua on the Agenda of MSG

58. The new Chairman Victor Tutugoro of
FLNKS invited WPNCL to address MSG
Summit on behalf of West Papua
MSG Summit in Noumea, New
Caledonia, 19 -21 June 2013

59. WPNCL delegation on behalf of
West Papua
MSG recognized the inalienable right
of self determination to the people of
West Papua
WPNCL

60. WPNCL IS APPEALING TO UN MEMBERS
AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO
SUPPORT VANUATU AND MSG TO REQUEST
THE RE-INSCRIPTION OF WEST PAPUA ON
THE UN LIST OF NON SELF-GOVERNING
TERRITORIES.
BEING ON THE LIST WILL GIVE WEST PAPUA
THE DUE PROCESS OF SELF-
DETERMINATION, PROVIDE SECURITY AND
BETTER FUTURE.

61. Moreover a transparent
procedure through the UN
process will encourage Indonesia
to be part of the solution and
avoid bloody confrontation and
unnecessary suffering

62. NO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NO MILLION
SPECIAL AUTONOMIES AND NO MILLION
THREAT OR INTIMIDATION, WILL SWAY US
FROM OUR COMMITMENT TO RE-CLAIM
WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY OURS.
WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL THAT RIGHT IS
RESTORED TO OUR PEOPLE.

63. End of Slides Show (Sept.2013)
WEST PAPUA NATIONAL
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