West Papua book launch tomorrow by Des O' Malley

Monday November 18, 2002 17:31

by WEST PAPUA

all invited!

> New book which reveals UN collusion in take-over of West Papua to be launched in Dublin The international launch of a ground-breaking book on the shameful role of the United Nations Secretariat and staff in the takeover of West Papua by the Indonesian military will be launched in Dublin on November 19 by Desmond O'Malley (1).

--- West Papua Action wrote:
> MEDIA RELEASE
>
> 18 November 2002

> New book which reveals UN collusion in take-over of West Papua to be launched in Dublin The international launch of a ground-breaking book on the shameful role of the United Nations Secretariat and staff in the takeover of West Papua by the Indonesian military will be launched in Dublin on November 19 by Desmond O'Malley (1).
>
The launch will take place at 6.30pm, Tuesday,
November 19th, 2002 in the James Joyce Room,
Bewleys, Grafton Street, Dublin 2.

> The book, by respected British academic Dr. John
> Saltford is entitled, “The United Nations and the
> Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-69”, and is
> published by RoutledgeCurzon (2). The book launch
> is co-hosted by West Papua Action and the Irish
> School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin.
>
>
>
> Key findings
>
>
>
> a.. Misleading statements were made by senior UN
> Secretariat officials in the run-up to the
> now-discredited “Act of ‘Free’ Choice” (3)
>
>
> a.. The UN failed in its obligations under
> Articles 16,17, 18, and 22 of the New York
> Agreement, which was signed at UN headquarters in
> August 1962, and which conferred specific
> responsibilities on the UN Secretary-General’s
> office.
>
>
> a.. UN officials were advising the Indonesian
> administration how to "prevent a heated debate at
> the [UN] General Assembly" when a UN report on the
> Act came up for discussion.
>
>
> a.. The UN Secretary-General’s Special
> Representative misled the General Assembly in his
> report on the Act.
>
>
> More than 100,000 people, or ten per cent of the
> population, have been killed in West Papua, since
> 1963.
>
>
>
> Notes for Editors:
>
>
>
>
>
> (1) Desmond O'Malley is former Irish Minister
> for Justice. He was founding member of the
> Progressive Democrats, which currently is in
> coalition government with Fianna Fáil. From 1997
> until his retirement from parliamentary politics in
> June of this year, he was chair of the Irish
> parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.
>
>
>
> (2) The United Nations and the Indonesian
> Takeover of West Papua, 1962-69, by John Saltford -
> ISBN - 0-7007-1751-X (Hardback only at this point)
> can be ordered on Tel. *44 (0) 1264 34 3071;
> Customer Services, Routledge, FREEPOST, Andover,
> Hants SP10 5BR; Fax. *44 (0) 1264 34 3005;
> [email protected]. If ordering from the
> US: ROUTLEDGE, 10650 Toebben Drive, Independence,
> KY 41051; Tel. Toll Free 1-800-634-7064; Fax Toll
> Free 1-800-248-4724; www.routledge.com The special
> launch price is stg £48.00.
>
>
>
> (3) The “Act of ‘Free’ Choice was an attempt, now
> discredited, by the Indonesian military regime,
> under Suharto, to seek legitimacy for the takeover
> of West Papua. Just 1,022 hand-picked elders
> unanimously declared in public their avowed wish to
> be part of Indonesia. In the run-up to the Act
> (1963-69) 30,000 West Papuans had been killed. The
> UN "took note" of a flawed report on the conduct of
> the Act on 19 November 1969, the last time West
> Papua was on the UN's agenda. Former UN
> Undersecretary General Chakravarthy Narasimhan, who
> handled the takeover, admitted the Act was a
> “whitewash” in November 2001. See also:
> http://westpapuaaction.buz.org/unreview
>
>
>
>
>
> For further information, telephone Mark Doris, *353
> 1 8603431 or *353 87 2969742.
>
>
>
> ENDS
>
>
>
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