[Fwd: Re: [Kabar-Irian] Irian News - 11/1/05]

[Admin]

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Re: [Kabar-Irian] Irian News - 11/1/05
From:    "D**** W******" <................ at sympatico.ca>
Date:    Wed, November 2, 2005 8:49 pm
To:      admin at irja.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------


On 2005/11/01 10:43 PM, "Admin" <admin at irja.org> wrote:

>  And because
> of that, West Papua was not listed in that list under the United Nations
General Assembly Resolution 1541 of 15 December, 1960.

Jose Ramos Horta is mistaken on this point. Resolution 1541, also known as
the Declaration on Granting Independence to Colonial Countries and People,
did not mention any countries by name. However, "Netherlands New Guinea"
remained on the UN list of non-self-governing territories until 1963, with
the UN accepting regular reports by the administering power under Article
73(e) of the Charter. The reports for 1959, 1960 and 1961 are available on
papuaweb.org. The General Assembly debated the question of West New Guinea
(West Irian) under the terms of Resolution 1541 in its fall 1961 session,
on the agenda item "the situation with regard to implementation of the
Declaration on Granting Independence to Colonial Countries and People." A
resolution supporting self-determination received 53 votes in favour and
41 opposed, thus failing to meet the two-thirds majority needed to pass
resolutions. The point, however, is that Papua did appear on the UN list
of colonies at this time.
- D**** W*******, Dept. of History, University of Western Ontario