DOCUMENT: WPAP-RES.TXT *** RESOLUTION ON WEST PAPUA *** We, the delegates to the Conference of the Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests gathered from 12-15 February 1992 in Penang, Malaysia, declare our commitment and solidarity with the struggle of the Moi people of West Papua. The Moi people of West Papua, numbering almost four thousand, line on the extreme wester tip of the island, on the "beak" of the so- called "Bird's Head" Peninsula, in the environs of the town of Sorong. The neo colonialist military government of Indonesia has awarded PT Intimpura a vast 339,000 hectare logging concession in the heart of Moi ancestral land. We demand that the Indonesian government: -- respect the traditional land ownership of the Moi people, namely their legitimate indigenous rights based on their Melanesian culture and concept towards nature; -- stop immediately all logging activities in the Moi ancestral homeland; -- compensate all damage to the people and its forest, to be paid immediately, based on the demands of the people themselves; -- stop further exploitation of all forests in West Papua without the full and free consent of the indigenous people affected; -- respect the right to self-determination of all the indigenous peoples of West Papua; We, the indigenous/tribal peoples of the tropical forests, through our Charter, demand that the Indonesian government respect the rights of all indigenous/tribal people communities in Indonesia as well as in West Papua. Penang, 15th February 1992 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: -= THE FOURTH WORLD DOCUMENTATION PROJECT =- :: :: A service provided by :: :: The Center For World Indigenous Studies :: :: www.cwis.org :: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Originating at the Center for World Indigenous Studies, Olympia, Washington USA www.cwis.org © 1999 Center for World Indigenous Studies (All Rights Reserved. References up to 500 words must be referenced to the Center for World Indigenous Studies and/or the Author Copyright Policy Material appearing in the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive is accepted on the basis that the material is the original, unoccupied work of the author or authors. Authors agree to indemnify the Center for World Indigenous Studies, and DayKeeper Press for all damages, fines and costs associated with a finding of copyright infringement by the author or by the Center for World Indigenous Studies Fourth World Documentation Project Archive in disseminating the author(s) material. In almost all cases material appearing in the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive will attract copyright protection under the laws of the United States of America and the laws of countries which are member states of the Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention or have bi-lateral copyright agreements with the United States of America. Ownership of such copyright will vest by operation of law in the authors and/or The Center for World Indigenous Studies, Fourth World Journal or DayKeeper Press. The Fourth World Documentation Project Archive and its authors grant a license to those accessing the Fourth World Documentation Project Archive to render copyright materials on their computer screens and to print out a single copy for their personal non-commercial use subject to proper attribution of the Center for World Indigenous Studies Fourth World Documentation Project Archive and/or the authors. Questions may be referred to: Director of Research Center for World Indigenous Studies PMB 214 1001 Cooper Point RD SW Suite 140 Olympia, Washington 98502-1107 USA 360-754-1990 www.cwis.org usaoffice@cwis.org OCR Software provided by Caere Corporation