Proceeding contribution from Lord Kilclooney (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 8 January 2007. It occurred during Question for short debate on West Papua.
West Papua
My Lords, in her response, the Minister stated that 70 per cent of the people of Papua took part in a recent election and that confirmed their acceptance of the situation. However, 70 per cent of the people of Scotland vote in elections, and a large proportion of them do not accept the constitutional position of Scotland within the United Kingdom. Participation in an election does not imply acceptance of the constitutional position. Will the Minister confirm yet again the percentage of non-Papuans who are in Papua? It would not be surprising if a very large percentage of the majority which supports the present situation were migrants into the territory.
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- 2006-07
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- Human rights Freedom of expression Political prisoners Press freedom Indonesia Independence movements Self-determination of states Papua Freedom of association Pakage, Yusak Karma, Filep
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