MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, June 21, 2010) – Vanuatu’s parliament has unanimously passed a motion calling for the
It will ask the UN General Assembly to direct the international court to look into the manner in which the mainly Melanesian and Christian western half of New Guinea island was incorporated into the Asian and Islamic country of Indonesia in the 1960s. The passage of the motion by all Vanuatu members of parliament has been welcomed by the diplomatic representative of the Free Papua Movement in Port Vila, Andy Ayamiseba. He [said he hopes] that other Melanesian countries may well follow Vanuatu's example soon. "We had been struggling alone for over 40 years," he said. "Vanuatu has finally and officially passed this motion that specifies clearly that Vanuatu is going to test the legality of the incorporation and want to revisit the case in the court of justice through the United Nations General Assembly."