Jakarta, Jubi – The Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI) condemned the statement by Pacific countries’ leaders for what it called their meddling in Indonesia’s affairs over West Papua.
ICMI Deputy Chairman Priyo Budi Santoso in a press release received in Jakarta on Thursday (29/9/2016) accused those Pacific leaders of intervening concerning West Papua.
“Pacific countries should not intervene the internal affairs of Indonesia with provocative statements that the West Papua should be given their rights for self-determination,” said Priyo.The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Manasye Sogavere said there have been the human rights violations in West Papua, therefore the people should be given the rights for self-determination through a referendum to decide whether they would stay with the Republic of Indonesia or build their own state.
Priyo asserted that West Papua Province could not be separated from Indonesia. So, if there are problems, the one who should be responsible to resolve it is the Indonesian Government, not other countries.
“So, if there are problems in West Papua, the Indonesian Government has responsibility to resolve it”. According to him, the open statement by the Pacific countries has been disturbed and intervened the internal affairs of Indonesia in the UN forum.
“As the neighbor countries, they shouldn’t do it, because the problems occurred in West Papua is the internal affairs of Indonesia as the sovereign country and the member of the United Nations,” said Priyo.
He urged the Indonesian Government to explicitly condemn the provocative act by Pacific countries against West Papua. In their statement, ICMI is clearly support the Unitary State of the Republic Indonesia or death! and West Papua is part of the Republic Indonesia, therefore it should be kept under the sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia. (*/rom)
Indonesia has asked Australia to caution its Pacific Island neighbours against interfering in the West Papua issue and to urge them to withdraw support for West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, warning that the issue could pose a “stumbling block” to closer bilateral ties.
Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu told The Australian yesterday he made the request to Australia’s defence and foreign ministers during their annual meeting in Bali last week and “the response has been good. It is unlikely they will refuse”.
“I have told Australia … we should maintain our close relationship and not let issues like this be a stumbling block to our relationship,” he said.
At Friday’s ministerial meeting, Australia and Indonesia also agreed to consider joint patrols of areas of the contested South China Sea and pirate-infested Sulu Sea between Indonesia and The Philippines. That will likely be discussed further when Indonesian President Joko Widodo makes his first official state visit to Australia on Sunday.
General Ryamizard’s decision to publicly raise the West Papua issue appears designed to pressure Canberra into adopting a stronger public defence of Indonesia’s position.
The bid for West Papuan membership of MSG, likely to be decided by year-end, has become a rallying point for the Free West Papua movement, which argues that the territory’s UN-supervised vote to stay with Indonesia in 1968 was secured by cheating and military intimidation.
Indonesia is an MSG associate but is lobbying hard against Papuan admission since the United Liberation Movement of West Papua gained observer status last year.
The group’s chairman, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, champions West Papuan representation. He was one of seven Pacific leaders to speak out against human rights abuses in the Papua provinces and to support self-determination at last month’s UN General Assembly.
After the ministerial meeting on Friday, General Ryamizard said: “I have told Australia we never interfere with the internal affairs of any other country and we will strongly object if other countries do so to us.
“So please tell Solomon Island and those six nations (from the MSG) never to interfere or encourage West Papua to join them.
“Those countries better keep their mouths shut and mind their own business. It is better that (Australia) speaks to them gently. If it was left up to me, I would twist their ears.”
John Blaxland, of ANU”s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, said Canberra would have little choice but to speak to the Solomons (which gets $162 million Australian aid this year) and “remind them of which side their bread is buttered”.
However, the Indonesian minister’s public statements were “extremely unhelpful” because they brought the issue into the open, which was wanted only by pro-independence activists. Dr Blaxland, said it was “completely toxic for Australia”.
“The restoration of the bilateral security relationship is predicated on us being supportive over West Papua and the Indonesians are acutely sensitive to Australia’s role in that.
“We can’t afford for West Papua to sour relations between Australia and Indonesia when there are so many other issues on the agenda dependant on us maintaining an even keel in that relationship,” he added.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop yesterday confirmed West Papua was discussed at last week’s meeting but would not say whether Australia would pass on Indonesia’s message to Pacific Island nations.
‘Being a young, female Indonesian myself, I expected myself to celebrate Nara Masista Rakhmatia’s UN General Assembly speech. Instead, I was gravely disappointed.’
Several weeks ago, a young, female diplomat named Nara Masista Rakhmatia made a speech that dazzled the Indonesian public. In a video that went viral, she denied accusations from 7 Pacific country leaders about human rights abuse in Indonesia’s Papua province at the 71st Session of United Nations General Assembly in New York last September.
She further shamed their attempt to interfere with Indonesia’s sovereignty. The video gathered over 188 thousand views on Facebook, along with hundreds of comments from Indonesian citizens expressing how proud they are of Nara’s intelligence and bravery to ‘teach those foreign country leaders about how to respect Indonesia’—especially given her young age.
In their remarks, delegations from Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Tonga criticized Indonesia’s human rights records in Papua. Nara in particular argued that these sentiments were largely misplaced, given that the main agenda of the Assembly was Sustainable Development Goals and a global response to climate change.
Furthermore, she claimed, these countries needed to self-reflect upon their own domestic issues before pointing their fingers to how Indonesia handles the province’s push for self-determination.
Being a young, female Indonesian myself, I expected myself to celebrate her speech. I should have been inspired and impressed by how sharp she was. Instead, as someone who studied International Relations and currently a Public Policy student, I was gravely disappointed.
Disappointed
First of all, Nara based her entire rebuttal on the obsolete definition of the sovereignty principle. While sovereignty is a crucial foundation to the United Nations, since 2005, the international community has extended its definition under the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ commitment, which stipulates that absolute sovereignty does not hold when a government fails to protect its people.
PROTEST. An arrested Papuan pro-independence demonstrator gestures from a police truck in Jakarta on December 1, 2015, after police fired tear gas at a hundreds-strong crowd hurling rocks during a protest against Indonesian rule over the eastern region of Papua. File photo by AFP
Although the concept was developed specifically as a framework for humanitarian interventions to prevent atrocity crimes and this situation has arguably not brought us that far, this core principle stands.
In other words, should these allegations stand, it is justifiable for the international community to express their concerns about the possibility of ongoing crimes against humanity.
Therefore, it is more urgent to argue about whether Indonesia has indeed violated human rights in Papua.
The speech failed to address, for example, the progress of President Joko Widodo’s promise to investigate the killing of 4 Papuan high-school students in 2014. No reports have been made available to the public around this and other pressing matters such as killings in Wasior in 2001 and Wamena in 2003. A recent op-ed contended that these were not ordinary crimes but crimes against humanity.
Nara also did not talk about the 4,587 individuals who were arrested by the police for expressing their political views in regards with the Papua issue in 13 cities, as documented by the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute.
On top of that, she spent a lot of air time explaining how Indonesia has been a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for significantly longer periods compared to these 6 countries. She leveraged that membership status as a validation to the country’s ‘human rights commitment’.
This is a logical fallacy. In reality, Jakarta continues to maintain restrictions for human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and International Committee of the Red Cross from entering Papua. Becoming a member of a certain council hardly proved these allegations wrong. If anything, it should become an additional reason as to why the country needs to feel embarrassed about the hypocrisy at home.
Wrong focus
Some of my friends asked me to give Nara a break. After all, she was only representing her country. If anything, such response is far from surprising and rather predictable. Throwing in phrases like ‘territorial integrity’ and ‘sovereignty’ sounds like something that any other country would do in responding to such accusations at an international stage.
PROTEST HALTED. Papuan pro-independence activists, some in traditional tribal garb, march during a rally in Jayapura. AFP PHOTO
However, the issue goes beyond this. Even if we look past the messenger, the problem in Papua still exists, and the fact that the government of Indonesian preferred not to deal with it should alert us.
Thus what added to my disappointment was how mainstream media in Indonesia covered the issue. Instead of playing its role as the ‘fourth pillar’ that criticizes the government, many news outlets practically made her a heroine by echoing the flattering Facebook comments and further highlightsing how she looks.
It seems like nationalist sentiments—fueled by an ‘external threat’ from these Pacific countries’—distracted them from addressing the elephant in the room. Except for The Jakarta Post, most news seemed to avoid highlighting these allegations and instead talked about how beautiful and brave Nara was. In effect, social media discussions regarding this event rotated primarily around unproductive debates about her physical qualities.
Although concerns regarding Papua were expressed by only 7 small Pacific countries now, how will Indonesia—represented by Nara or anyone else—respond in the future, should they come from other geopolitically more powerful countries?
President Joko Widodo’s administration must know by now that something has to be done in Papua, and it should be done immediately.
Surely, we could not just continue deflecting every question with a ‘sovereignty’ card. – Rappler.com
Andhyta Firselly Utami graduated from International Relations program at Universitas Indonesia, and is currently a Master of Public Policy candidate at Harvard Kennedy School.
JAKARTA, SATUHARAPAN.COM – Direktur Lingkar Madani Indonesia Ray Rangkuti mengatakan perwakilan Indonesia di sidang PBB hanya beretorika dalam pidato balasan terhadap tudingan pelanggaran Hak Azasi Manusia (HAM) yang disampaikan tujuh negara pasifik.
“Pemerintah Indonesia tidak menjelaskan secara terperinci karena Indonesia hanya menyampaikan bahwa telah terjadi perbaikan aturan dan konvensi HAM secara heroik,” kata dia di Grha Oikoumene, Jakarta pada hari Rabu (5/10).
Menurut dia, pemerintah Indonesia harusnya menjelaskan sejauh apa kebenaraan atau ungkapan dari tujuh pimpinan negara Pasifik mengenai persoalaan di Papua.
“Kalau di Papua dikatakan 50 tahun belakangan melakukan pelanggaran HAM maka perwakilan Indonesia harus menjelaskan dengan menjawab pertanyaan dari tujuh negara tersebut artinya data harus dijawab dengan data,” kata dia
Sebelumnya, Anggota delegasi Indonesia di Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa, Nara Masista Rakhmatia, mendapat perhatian dan simpati di dalam negeri atas langkahnya memberikan respons terhadap diangkatnya isu Papua oleh enam negara anggota PBB di Sidang Umum ke-71 PBB di New York, pekan lalu.
Diplomat muda jebolan Sekolah Departemen Luar Negeri dan lulus pada tahun 2008 itu menyampaikan sikap Indonesia yang membantah secara kategoris tuduhan-tuduhan yang dialamatkan oleh enam kepala pemerintahan dari enam negara Pasifik, yaitu Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu dan Tonga.
Pemimpin Gerakan Pembebasan Papua, Benny Wenda, mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia, membuka akses yang lebih ke Papua Barat. | (bennywenda.org)
JAKARTA –Sindonews – Gerakan Pembebasan Papua atau Papua Merdeka semakin lantang mendesak Pemerintah Indonesia untuk membuka akses ke Papua Barat terkait isu pelanggaran HAM. Gerakan ini bereaksi setelah negara-negara Kepulauan Pasifik di Sidang Umum PBB memberi dukungan bagi Papua Barat untuk menentukan nasibnya sendiri.
Pemerintah Indonesia mengecam sikap enam negara di Kepualuan Pasifik, yakni Vanuatu, Solomon Island, Tonga, Nauru, Marshall Island dan Tuvalu, karena berbicara dengan kurangnya pemahaman mereka tentang Papua. Indonesia melalui diplomatnya di PBB, Nara Masista Rakhmatia, menyebut negara-negara itu mendukung kelompok separatis dan teroris di Papua.
“Pernyataan negara-negara itu benar-benar melanggar tujuan piagam HAM PBB dan melanggar prinsip hukum internasional tentang relasi persahabatan antarnegara serta kedaulatan dan integritas teritori suatu negara,” kata Nara dalam pidato perlawanannya terhadap enam pemimpin Negara Pasifik di forum PBB.
“Saya ulangi, itu sudah melanggar kedaulatan dan integritas teritori suatu negara,” lanjut Nara, yang kesal bahwa negara-negara Kepulauan Pasifik sudah ikut campur urusan dalam negeri Indonesia soal Papua Barat.
Baca: Usik Indonesia, Negara-negara Pasifik Ikut Campur soal Papua Barat
Pemimpin Gerakan Pembebasan Papua, Benny Wenda, melalui seorang juru bicara mengatakan, selalu ada respons defensif khas Indonesia setiap kali dukungan internasional untuk hak-hak orang Papua muncul.
”Mereka selalu berteriak. Bahkan di London, jika kita mengadakan acara di London, dalam pertemuan parlemen bagian dari dunia, mereka selalu berteriak,” kata Benny Wenda.
”Dan bagi kami, itu bukan hal baru. Jadi saya pikir waktu (telah tiba) bagi Pemerintah Indonesia untuk membuka akses ke Papua Barat,” katanya lagi, seperti dikutip radionz.co.nz, Sabtu (1/10/2016).
Desakan dari gerakan itu telah mengabaikan fakta bahwa sejak tahun lalu, Pemerintah Indonesia telah membuat beberapa langkah untuk memberikan lebih banyak akses bagi jurnalis asing ke Papua.
Langkah Indonesia itu dianggap Benny Wenda belum cukup. Menurutnya, akses ke Papua Barat juga harus diberikan untuk organisasi kemanusiaan dan HAM terkemuka internasional seperti Komite Palang Merah Internasional dan Amnesty International.
In an unprecedented move, seven UN member states from the Pacific raised their concerted voices on Papua during the prestigious 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York this week.
Nauru started the intervention by highlighting the issue of human rights violations in Papua, followed by a newcomer in the discourse of Papua: the Marshall Islands.
Vanuatu, Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands followed suit and went one step further by specifically highlighting the issue of the right to self-determination for Papuans. Tonga emphasised the gravity of the problem and Palau, another novice, called for constructive dialogue with Indonesia to solve the Papua issue.
This was a historic moment for us as we have never had such unified high-profile intervention when it comes to the issue of Papua at the UN. Perhaps the only lone ranger used to be Vanuatu, which tried to break the silence of the UN fora.
This week’s debate at the UN General Assembly might remind us of a similar but much more colorful debate on Papua at the assembly in 1969, when the forum decided to close the chapter on Papua by accepting the result of the Act of Free Choice.
If in 1969 some African countries expressed opposition to the assembly’s decision to adopt the result of the 1969 Act of Free Choice for Papuans, today the Pacific nations are taking the lead.
Indonesia’s response, however, was highly predictable. Repeating the slogan of territorial integrity and sovereignty, the government’s response unfortunately does not provide us with facts and evidence of the improvement in the human rights situation in Papua.
It may be remembered that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promised to solve the killing of four high-school students in Paniai on Dec. 8, 2014. The investigation into the case has been delayed for almost two years and we have not seen much progress.
The families of the victims recall that at least eight government institutions sent their respective fact-finding team to interview victims on the ground and personnel of the Army, the Papua Police, the National Police, the Air Force, the Papua Legislative Council, the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), the Office of Coordinating Security, Political and Legal Affairs Minister, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM). None of these teams, however, has ever published their report for public consumption.
Similarly, the dossiers on the Wasior killings of 2001 and the Wamena case of 2003 have been pending for more than a decade at the Attorney General once Komnas HAM finished its investigation. These were not ordinary crimes but crimes against humanity, one of the most serious crimes punishable by Indonesian and international law. Unfortunately, both Komnas HAM and the Attorney General’s Office have argued over evidence and procedure for years.
Komnas HAM insists that it has provided conclusive evidence and has followed proper procedure. On the other hand, the Attorney General’s Office has argued that Komnas HAM has not met the requirement of a pro-justice investigation as investigators did not take an oath as required by the Criminal Law Procedures Code. Both institutions have overlooked the fact that victims continue to suffer.
Memories are still fresh on the surge in the arrests of Papuan youth when they took to the streets to express their opinions in public despite a constitutional guarantee of the right to do so.
The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) documented that at least 4,587 individuals, men and women, were arrested by the police for expressing their political views in 13 cities, namely Dekai, Fakfak, Jakarta, Jayapura, Kaimana, Makassar, Malang, Manado Manokwari, Merauke, Sentani, Wamena and Yogyakarta.
While most of the arrestees were released within 24 hours, the deployment of police in 13 jurisdictions across the country would not have been possible without the blessing of the National Police top brass.
While we were grappling with human rights conditions in Papua, we were shocked by the President’s decision to appoint Gen. (ret) Wiranto as the coordinating political, legal and security affairs minister.
In February 2003, the UN-sponsored Special Panels for Serious Crimes of the Dili District Court, Timor Leste, indicted Gen. Wiranto, then the Indonesian defense and security minister and Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) commander for crimes against humanity in connection with the events in Timor Leste in 1999.
As we were yet to recover from the President’s unfathomable choice, we were presented with another unprecedented decision when the Indonesian Military TNI chief named Maj. Gen. Hartomo to lead the military’s Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS).
Hartomo was the commander of the Army’s Special Forces (Kopassus) Tribuana X unit assigned to Papua when Theys Eluay was murdered. Hartomo and six other Kopassus officers were charged with Theys’ murder on National Heroes Day in 2001. He and his team were found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison by the Surabaya Military Court and discharged from the Army.
These all are simple facts that tell us the way our government commits to human rights in Papua and elsewhere, which the Indonesian delegation to the UN General Assembly describes as “robust and active”. ______________________________
The writer, who obtained his PhD from the Australian National University, lectures in international relations at the Paramadina Graduate School of Diplomacy, Jakarta.
he United Nations General Assembly Hall where leaders convene every September to discuss UN Agendas in the world.
By PM Press, Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare has reiterated Solomon Islands call on the United Nations for the recognition of Taiwan and expressed concern about the human rights violations in West Papua when he addressed the 71st United Nations General Assembly yesterday, Friday 23rd September.
Solomon Islands commits a section in its annual address to the United Nations General Assembly to call on the UN for the recognition of Taiwan and when reiterating that call yesterday, the Prime Minister said, “Solomon Islands recognises the fundamental right of Taiwan’s 23 million people to participate meaningfully in the United Nations specialised bodies.”
However, the Prime Minister said Solomon Islands finds Taiwan’s limited and restricted participation with the World Health Organisation regrettable, especially at a time when the spread of infectious diseases is impacting children and needs everyone to assist.
He said similarly, Taiwan remains unjustly on the fringes of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s decision-making process despite managing more than a million flights or 58 million passengers through ‘Taipei Flight Information Region.’
“We (therefore) call for Taiwan’s open and free access to all WHO meetings and also call for Taiwan’s predictable and certain participation in ICAO gatherings.
“There has always been two political systems along the Taiwan Strait and the reality is the world works with one and turns a blind eye to the other.”
He said the implementation of the (UN) 2030 Agenda calls for all hands on deck and therefore the UN must put the interest of humanity first and work with all including Taiwan.
On the issue of human rights violations in West Papua, the Prime Minister said Solomon Islands is gravely concerned about the human rights violations against Melanesians in that region.
And he added that the human rights violations and the pursuit for self-determination of West Papua are two sides of the same coin.
“Many reports on the human rights violations in West Papua emphasise the inherent corroboration between the rights to self-determination that results in direct violations of human rights by Indonesia in its attempts to smother any form of opposition.”
The Prime Minister said, “The principle of sovereignty is paramount to any institution whose core rationale is the respect for sovereignty. If the justification of sovereignty rests on a series of decisions that are questionable, then there is a case to challenge the legality of the argument of sovereignty.”
He added that, “As the chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group that also includes Indonesia as an associate member and the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) as an Observer, Solomon Islands affirms the need for constructive engagement with Indonesia and looks forward in cooperating with Indonesia to address the violations of human rights in West Papua.
The Prime Minister also took the opportunity to reaffirm Solomon Islands support for the unalienable right of the people of the Territory of French Polynesia pursuant to annual resolutions of the UNGA beginning in 2013.
He said Solomon Islands continues to request the Administering power to work and cooperate with the UN Special Committee on the question of French Polynesia and C24 (UN Committee on Decolonisation).
The Prime Minister also made mentioned the question of New Caledonia on the United Nations Agenda.
He said the Melanesian Spearhead Group continues this issue and wished the people of New Caledonia all the best as they prepare to decide on their political future in 2018.
Presiden Marshall Islands, Hilda C.Heine (Foto: UN Photo/Cia Pak)
New York, Tabloid-WANI — Setelah Presiden Nauru mengangkat isu pelanggaran Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) di Papua saat berpidato pada Sidang Umum Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa (PBB) di New York (22/9), satu lagi kepala negara Pasifik juga menyuarakan hal yang sama di forum yang sama.
Ketika mendapat kesempatan berpidato, Presiden Marshall Islands, Hilda C.Heine, menyerukan agar Dewan HAM PBB membentuk investigasi independen dan kredibel atas pelanggaran HAM di Papua.
Ia menyerukan hal itu karena menurut dia, HAM sangat penting bagi negaranya.
“Karena pentingnya HAM bagi negara kami, saya meminta Dewan HAM PBB untuk menginisiasi investigasi yang kredibel dan independen atas pelanggaran HAM di Papua (Barat),” kata dia, di akhir pidatonya.
Marshall Islands atau Republik Kepulauan Marshall adalah sebuah negara kepulauan yang terletak di Samudra Pasifik bagian barat. Negara ini berbatasan dengan Republik Nauru dan Kiribati di sebelah selatan, Mikronesia di barat, dan Pulau Wake di utara.
Wilayah ini awalnya ditemukan oleh penjelajah Spanyol tetapi kapten Inggris John Marshall yang mengunjuginya pada 1788 lah yang menamainya sebagai pulah Marshall. kepulauan ini dinamakan menurut namanya.
Jepang menguasai kepulauan ini pada Perang Dunia I berdasarkan mandat Liga Bangsa-Bangsa. Namun, pada 1944 saat Perang Dunia II, Amerika Serikat menyerbu kepulauan ini dan memasukkannya ke dalam Wilayah Perwalian Kepulauan Pasifik (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).
Setelah perang berakhir, AS mulai melaksanakan beberapa uji coba nuklir di Kep. Marshall yang berlanjut hingga 1960-an. Akibatnya, banyak penduduk Marshall yang terkena efek tingkat radiasi tinggi sehingga klaim kompensasi masih berlangsung hingga kini.
Pada 1979, Republik Kepulauan Marshall didirikan dan sebuah perjanjian Compact of Free Association dengan AS ditandatangani, yang mulai berlaku pada 1986.
Negara ini tergolong kecil, sama dengan sebagian besar negara kepulauan lainnya di Pasifik. Luas perairannya 750.000 mil persegi (1.900.000 km2) sedangkan luas daratan hanya 70 mil persegi (180 km2). Kendati demikian, di PBB suara mereka diperhitungkan sama dengan anggota lainnya.
Marshall Islands adalah salah satu negara yang telah ikut menyatakan dukungan kepada Koalisi Pulau Pasifik untuk Papua atau Pacific Islands Coalition for West Papua (PICWP) atau Koalisi Pasifik untuk Papua Barat. Koalisi yang diinisiasi oleh Presiden Kepulauan Solomon, Manasye Sogavare, ini bertujuan untuk menggalang dukungan negara-negara Pasifik untuk menyerukan Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa (PBB) melakukan intervensi atas pelanggaran HAM dan penentuan nasib sendiri bagi Papua.
Anggota awal PICWP terdiri dari Pemerintah Kepulauan Solomon, Pemerintah Vanuatu, kelompok Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS), United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) dan kelompok Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat (LSM) Pasifik, Pacific Islands Association Non Govermental Organization (PIANGO).
Selanjutnya dalam pertemuan mereka di Aloha, Honolulu, pada hari 2 September lalu, dukungan terhadap koalisi ini bertambah dengan bergabungnya dua negara Pasifik lain, yaitu Pemerintah Tuvalu dan Republik Nauru. Belakangan dukungan pun bertambah lagi yaitu dari Kerajaan Tonga dan Republik Kepulauan Marshall.
Korea Utara dan Taiwan Di bagian lain pidatonya, Heine mengatakan negaranya akan melanjutkan ratifikasi kesepakatan tentang HAM PBB menjadi undang-undang pada sidang parlemen medatang. “Sebagian dari kesepakatan ini telah tercermin dalam konstitusi kami,” kata dia.
Dalam kaitan itu pula, ia menyerukan agar PBBI mengakui peranan Taiwan sebagai salah satu pemangku kepentingan kunci dan berperan penting dalam urusan global. “Saya menyerukan kepada komunitas internasional untuk mendukung Taiwan dan upaya-upaya negara itu dalam dialog dan stabilitas perdamaian regional dan global,” kata dia.
“PBB harus memberikan komitmen yang lebih besar untuk menjamin pengakuan atas hak-hak dasar Taiwan untuk berpartisipasi di berbagai mekanisme, rapat dan aktivitas badan-badan khusus PBB, atas kontribusinya dalam bekerja sama dengan kita,” lanjut dia.
Di bagian lain pidatonya, Heine juga mendesak Korea Utara untuk menghentikan percobaan nuklir sampai tercapai perlucutan senjata nuklir. Tanggapan Indonesia Sementara itu Indonesia belum memberikan tanggapan atas hal ini. Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla, dijadwalkan akan berbicara di Sidang Umum PBB pada hari Kamis (23/9) sore waktu setempat.
Penulis: Reporter Satuharapan 19:41 WIB | Senin, 05 September 2016
Anggota dan simpatisan Pacific Coalition on West Papua (PCWP) berfoto bersama Sekretaris Jenderal Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor di East West Center, di Honolulu. (Foto: Sekretariat Pers PM Solomon Islands)
HONOLULU, SATUHARAPAN.COM – Para diplomat Indonesia tampaknya belum dapat tidur nyenyak. Gerakan yang menyuarakan penentuan nasib sendiri Papua belakangan ini menggeliat lagi.
Setelah sempat melemah pasca tertahannya permohonan United Liberation Movement for West Papua (UMWP) untuk bergabung dengan Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), gerakan ini mencoba bangkit. Kali ini melalui apa yang disebut sebagai Pacific Coalition for West Papua (PCWP) atau Koalisi Pasifik untuk Papua Barat.
Menurut siaran pers dari sekretariat pers PM Kepulauan Solomon, PCWP yang diprakarsai oleh PM negara tersebut, Manasye Sogavare, yang juga ketua MSG (Melanesian Spearhead Group), terbentuk beberapa bulan lalu di Honiara, ibukota Kepulauan Solomon. PCWP terbentuk pasca terhentinya ULMWP bergabung ke MSG.
Menurut penjelasan resmi Sogavare, PCWP bertujuan untuk menggalang dukungan negara-negara Pasifik untuk menyerukan Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa (PBB) melakukan intervensi atas pelanggaran HAM dan penentuan nasib sendiri bagi Papua. Anggota awal PCWP terdiri dari Pemerintah Kepulauan Solomon, Pemerintah Vanuatu, kelompok Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak et Socialiste(FLNKS), ULMWP dan kelompok Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat (LSM) Pasifik, Pacific Islands Association Non Govermental Organization (PIANGO).
Dalam pertemuan mereka di Aloha, Honolulu, pada hari Jumat lalu (2/9), dukungan terhadap koalisi ini bertambah dengan bergabungnya dua negara Pasifik lain, yaitu Pemerintah Tuvalu dan Republik Nauru. Kedua negara ini masing-masing diwakili oleh Perdana Menteri Tuvalu, Enele Sopoaga dan Duta Besar Nauru untuk PBB, Marlene Moses.
Tidak hanya dua negara ini yang memberikan dukungan. Dua pihak lain juga sudah menunjukkan dukungan, ketika inisiatif ini diperkenalkan di Honiara. Keduanya adalah Kerajaan Tonga dan Republik Kepulauan Marshall. Dukungan kedua negara ini juga telah terkonfirmasi pada Jumat lalu (2/9) dengan kehadiran Perdana Menteri Tonga, Akilisi Pohiva dan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum Republik Kepulauan Marshall, David Paul.
Pada pertemuan di Aloha itu, semua anggota PCWP hadir, kecuali Republik Vanuatu yang tidak mengirimkan wakil. Sekretaris Jenderal Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) –sebuah forum negara-negara Pasifik lain yang keanggotaannya lebih luas dan akan bertemu pekan ini — Dame Meg Taylor, turut pula hadir pada pertemuan tersebut.
Pada pertemuan itu, Sogavere berpidato dan mengatakan negara-negara Pasifik memiliki tugas mengatasi masalah-masalah yang dihadapi Papua, sebagai kerabat terdekat. Dia kembali menekankan bahwa referendum atau ‘menentukan nasib sendiri’ adalah hak Papua, yang sejak 50 tahun terakhir telah dituntut. Hak itu, kata dia, juga merupakan prinsip dasar Piagam PBB.
Ia menekankan bahwa tujuan dari PCWP benar-benar sejalan dengan prinsip-prinsip HAM dan demokrasi, dan semua negara PBB harus mematuhi dan melindunginya.
Di bagian lain, Sogavare mengakui apa yang diinisiasi oleh PCWP bukan tugas yang mudah. Bangsa-bangsa di Pasifik, kata dia, memerlukan pendekatan kolaboratif dan strategis untuk mengantisipasi masalah yang akan datang. “Hanya dengan bekerja secara strategis dan bersama-sama, kita bisa menangani masalah di Papua Barat,” tuturnya.
Menunggu Respon Presiden Joko Widodo
Sekjen PIF, Dame Taylor, ketika mendapat kesempatan berbicara pada pertemuan itu. mengatakan bahwa pada pertemuan puncak PIF ke-46 di Port Moresby pada tahun 2015, telah diputuskan untuk mengirim tim pencari fakta ke Papua. Namun, kata dia, Pemerintah Indonesia menganggap istilah ‘pencari fakta’ terkesan ofensif.
Dame Taylor mengatakan sampai saat ini pihaknya masih menunggu respon dari Presiden Joko Widodo atas rekomendasi PIF. Ia mengatakan sudah bertemu dengan Ketua PIF yaitu PM Papua Nugini, Peter O’Neil dan juga dengan Presiden Indonesia, Joko Widodo. Proses sedang berjalan untuk memenuhi resolusi PIF, kata dia, dan ia mengharapkan Ketua PIF dan presiden Joko Widodo akan bertemu.
Sementara itu, Sekjen ULMWP, Octovianus Mote mengklaim bahwa ULMWP mewakili gerakan kemerdekaan Papua dan akan terus mengejar hak-hak rakyatnya untuk menentukan nasib sendiri dan semua hak-hak lainya yang tercantum dalam Piagam PBB.
Perdana Menteri Sapoaga dari Tucalu mengatakan negaranya menghargai dan bersimpati sepenuhnya dengan aspirasi dan keinginan rakyat Papua untuk mempunyai hak otonomi sendiri.
Sementara Menteri Republik Kepulauan Marshall mengatakan negaranya melihat masalah Papua dari perspektif kemanusiaan dan masalah kemanusiaan berada di garis depan mereka.
Perwakilan dari FLNKS, Rodrigue Tiavouane, mengatakan bahwa FLNKS mendukung penuh inisiatif PCWP dan strategi yang akan dilaksanakan.
Ia menambahkan bahwa FLNKS juga melalui proses yang sama dalam ‘penentuan hak otonom sendiri’ dimulai dari bergabung dengan MSG lalu ke PIF dan akhinya ke Komite 24 PBB (Komite Khusus Dekolonisasi).
Perdana Menteri Pohiva dari Tonga mengatakan adalah kewajiban moral untuk mengatasi pelanggaran HAM di Papua dengan adanya seruan ‘penentuan nasib sendiri’.
Dia mengatakan pada Sidang Umum PBB ke-70 tahun lalu, ia berbicara tentang tujuan dan pertanggung jawaban pemerintah atas semua hal yang tidak mungkin terwujud tanpa dukungan penuh kepada HAM di daerah konflik di seluruh dunia termasuk di Kepulauan Pasifik.
Sementara itu Duta dari Tuvalu mengatakan adalah penting bahwa masalah Papua akan dibawa ke Komite 24 PBB. Namun ia juga mengatakan apa yang berhasil untuk beberapa orang tidak selalu berhasil pada orang lain.
Anggota PIANGO dari Tonga, Drew Havea mengatakan PIANGO mengakui penderitaan yang dialami rakyat Papua adalah juga penderitaan Pasifik dan mendesak para pemimpin Pasifik untuk bersepakat menghentikan kekerasan di Papua dan selanjutnya menemukan jalur damai ‘menentukan nasib sendiri’. (kav)
JAYAPURA, SUARAPAPUA.com — “Para pemimpin mengakui sensitivitas isu Papua dan setuju bahwa tuduhan pelanggaran HAM di Papua tetap menjadi agenda mereka. Para pemimpin juga menyepakati pentingnya dialog yang terbuka dan konstruktif dengan Indonesia terkait dengan isu ini.”
Ini bunyi poin 18 dari komunike bersama para pemimpin Pasifik yang tergabung dalam Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) pada Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi (KTT) ke-47 yang berlangsung di Pohnpei, ibukota negara federal Mikronesia, 7 hingga 11 September 2016.
Hal ini senada dengan pernyataan Sekretaris Jenderal PIF, Dame Meg Taylor yang berbicara sebelum KTT ini berlangsung. Menurutnya, isu Papua dianggap sensitif oleh beberapa pemerintah di Pasifik walaupun isu tersebut tetap masuk dalam agenda untuk dibahas.
Victor F. Yeimo, tim kerja ULMWP yang juga ketua umum Komite Nasional Papua Barat (KNPB), mengatakan, perjuangan bangsa Papua makin menggema di tingkat internasional dengan dukungan dari negara-negara Pasifik.
“Satu langkah kita, negara-negara Pasifik sudah membulatkan tekad untuk dorong masalah hak penentuan nasib sendiri dan persoalan pelanggaran hak asasi manusia ke PBB,” demikian Yeimo kepada suarapapua.com melalui keterangan tertulis, malam ini.
Tentang komunike PIF ke-47 tahun 2016, sedikitnya 46 poin terbagi dalam 19 bagian yang dihasilkan di akhir KTT kali ini.
Ia menyebutkan tiga poin penting bagi Papua Barat dari komunike bersama para pemimpin negara-negara Pasifik.
Pertama, negara-negara Pasifik mengakui sensitifitas masalah politik West Papua.
Kedua, PIF menyetujui agar tetap menempatkan masalah HAM dalam agenda.
Ketiga, menjaga untuk melakukan dialog konstruktif dengan Indonesia.
KTT dihadiri pemimpin negara dan pemerintahan Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republik Nauru, Selandia Baru, Papua Nugini, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu dan Vanuatu.
Solomon Islands diwakili Deputi Perdana Menteri, sedangkan Fiji, Niue dan Republik Papau diwakili menteri luar negeri. Kiribati diwakili utusan khusus.
Selain anggota, KTT kali ini dihadiri pula anggota associate, yaitu French Polynesia, Kaledonia Baru dan Tokelau yang diperkenankan turut dalam sesi-sesi resmi.
Peninjau di KTT PIF adalah The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, Timor Leste, Wallis dan Futuna, Bank Pembangunan Asia, the Commonweath Secretariat, PBB, the Western and Central Pacific Pacific Fisheries Agency (PIFFA), Pacific Power Association (PPA), Secretariat of Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) dan the University of the South Pacific (USP).
Sesuai keputusan, KTT PIF tahun depan akan diselenggarakan di Samoa, sedangkan KTT PIF 2018 di Nauru dan 2019 di Tuvalu.
Salah satu keputusan penting dari KTT PIF ke-47, diterimanya French Polynesia dan Kaledonia Baru sebagai anggota penuh. Di mata sementara kalangan ini sebuah keputusan berani karena French Polynesia dan Kaledonia Baru adalah wilayah kekuasaan Prancis, yang pada KTT ini diwakili dua organisasi yang berjuang untuk menggelar penentuan nasib sendiri.
Andhyta Firselly Utami
