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West Papua: mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

The US had the effrontery to boycott Zimbabwe because that nation claimed land for its Black population but turns a blind eye to this...and the world pretends not to see what is going on.

West Papua: mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

What can one do in the USA? Start a Change.org petition (I can't find one yet. Is there one?)? Who should it go to & what does one demand?

I can write/phone my Senators & Congressional Representatives. Do you know of a group that already has an electronic template set up for contacting US lawmakers? One can better use social media for spreading the message if something like this is electronically established.

Thanks for letting me know. Best wishes.

West Papua: mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

West Papua seeks decolonization, and needs a voice at the United Nations to end the deception which America and Indonesia in 1962 jointly used against Ghana and the rest of the UN members.
The illegal idea of using trusteeship to 'trade' a colony https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v17/d203
The Indonesian agreement on condition nobody call the trusteeship a trusteeship https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v23/d150

West Papua had the world's largest gold & copper deposits, wealth that the US has been looting fcx.com The deception was to replace Dag Hammarskjold with U Thant who asked the General Assembly to approve a UN Trusteeship Agreement (New York Agreement) which he then with-held from the Trusteeship Council; that is why the UN has been blind to the looting & torture of the people of West Papua for 54 years.
To end this deception, we need a nation to put the issue of West Papua (General Assembly resolution 1752) on the agenda of the Trusteeship Council, which any UN gov't can do at any time.

West Papua: mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

Great Article.

Dear Canadian Sarah in China. You can help, as Canadian Mining Companies have stock in these mines too. Write and talk to your politicians.

And since you are in China you can also bring up the plight of the Tibetans who's country is also being occupied, raped and looted by China, just as bad as WP, if not worse.

West Papua: mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

There are two important elements to West Papua, IMO, PNG next door & McMoRan.

McMoRan is the economic powerhouse of this region so any move to either establish
West Papua as an independant country or annex it to PNG will have have to first convince
McMoRan that it will be better off seperated from Indonesis.

This is a hard ask because:
(a) PNG at present is far from being a stable safe place to do business. Traditionally
PNG has required a stake in major resource companies, a further interest by a local
indiginous council and then the less official dealings og corrupt officialdom.
And, of course, there's always the spectre of Boganville, an incredibably rich
mine which was taken over by PNG natives 35 years ago, thashed under the noses
of the PNG armed forces and has been derilict ever since.

(b) The formation of a new country in the form of West Papua would be a dicey
prospect for McMoRan or any other form of investment because there are simply too
many unknowns. It would be worse than East Timor because its population
is less educated/westernised, lacks educated leadership and would be almost
entirely dependant on McMoRan revenue.

So, IMO, from McMoRan's point of view," the Devil you know is probably better than the Devil you dont know". Unlike East Timor, The Indonesians have learned that the
colonisation of West Papua with a substantial percentage of Indonesian nationals
provides a substantial defence against an Australian led East Timor like liberation.

So, in summary, while there may be enormous sentimental support for the West
Papuans globally, this support is not likely to morph into action on the ground
to free WP from the Indonesian iron grip.
MM

West Papua: mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

All over the world, these multi-billion dollar extraction companies are milking the planet for everything its got. When will 'doing the right thing' outweigh greed? It's disgusting that an American company can sit back whilst people are being heinously murdered at the hands of corrupt government. Americans are supposed to be model, international citizens. I guess not at Freeport. What can I do? I'm only a Canadian teacher teaching at an International school in China. Next month is our Earth Day and the theme is "Save the World". I will be teaching my students about the injustice and unethical practice taking place just south of them. Thank you for educating me.
Sarah