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Melsol supports West Papua


22 July 1998

Melsol supports West Papua

Melsol (Melanesian Solidarity) has condemned PNG Prime Minister Bill Skate for his support for Indonesian occupation of West Papua. Powes Parkop, general secretary of Melsol, said that millions of Papua New Guineans support self-determination and independence for West Papua.

In a letter, the Free West Papua (OPM) supreme commander, John Somer, has called on PNG parliamentarians to support a motion Sandaun Governor John Tekwie. The motion calls on the PNG government to take up West Papuan independence and self-determination with Indonesia and the United Nations.



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