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                 *** 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 



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