West Papua Project Launch/Seminar: West Papua and the United Nations Now
Event description Please join us as we launch the West Papua Project at the University of Wollongong for a seminar about West Papua at the United Nations now About this Event In 1969, the United Nations was mandated to oversee the Act of Free Choice in West Papua, a plebiscite intended to gauge whether indigenous West Papuans wanted independence or continued integration with Indonesia. The referendum, in which Indonesian security forces coerced West Papuans to vote against independence, was a sham, but the United Nations turned a blind eye to the injustice. Since that time, West Papu...
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