Grail Knight Foundation's United Nations Report on the State of World Indigenous People and Conditions of West Papua

By Charles Johnson05/21/2012 Based upon documentation featured in the United Nations publication, State of the World Indigenous People, the UN recognizes the critical nature of indigenous resistance. The UN additionally comprehends the need and demand of indigenous self determination and even postulates the support of indigenous self determination globally. However, in light of all the evidence documented and historically recorded by the UN, the numerous well documented cases of genocide, like the one currently occurring in West Papua, fall seemingly upon deaf ears as no true action, or response nor demand for accountability for Crimes Against Humanity have been enforced by the United Nations. As a member of the West Papua Liberation Organization (OPPB) Ambassador Delegation to the United Nations, it is my responsibility to report that the West Papuan people continue to endure systematic discrimination, exclusion from the political, economic and social powers, while security sweeps imprison peaceful demonstrators and torture and murder continues to this very day with chilling impunity. This continued and prejudiced Indonesian colonization has caused on going displacement from Indigenous lands and the deprivation of sustainable resources fueling the Papuan people to the precipice of extinction. Every form of discrimination against the indigenous people of West Papua is easily recognized and has been well documented by various International Organizations. Yet, it continues with total impunity. Today no sanctions exist against Indonesia to force accountability for their multiple Human Rights Violations and Crimes. The United States, as well as Australia and other European countries, including Russia and China, negotiate military arms and supply contracts while offering anti terrorist and special force training that will ultimately be used against people defending themselves with arrows and spears. The final road taken by the United Nations regarding the criminal treatment and criminal colonization of West Papua by Indonesian authorities will be the UN position held towards Indigenous people globally. Today, slow

genocide has continued and the People of the unrecognized Republic of West Papua will become extinct over the next decade, as experts have forecast. Indonesia has closed all borders of West Papua to Journalists, Humanitarian Aidworkers, UN investigators. The UN officials state that they have made phone unanswered calls to the Indonesian Government. They have also told our delegation that they cannot endorse aid at this time and have advised us to seek international support individually. Our current demands, as made also by various other international Humanitarian Agencies and Watch Groups are: 1. Pressure the Indonesian government, through sanctions and others, to release all prisoners incarcerated for peaceful protests and for flying the Morning Star flag. 2. End torture and bring into accountability those responsible for Crimes Against Humanity. 3. Force accountability on foreign corporations involved in acts related to genocide and Crimes Against Humanity operating within West Papua,i.e. Freeport McMoran 4. Give recognition to West Papua self determination empowering the Federated ? Republic of West Papua as a sovereign nation. References: 1. Human Rights Watch report to the UN on genocide in West Papua (2011) 2. Dr. Octavious Mote UN report on West Papua (2012) 3. State of The World's Indigenous People (UN 2012) 4. Gender and Indigenous People (UN21012) 5. West Papua Media (2012) www.grailknightfoundation.com