§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to urge the United Nations to instigate a1386W review of the UN's conduct in relation to the Act of Free Choice in West Papua in 1968–1969; and if he will make a statement. [186379]
§ Mr. RammellThe Report of the Special Representative who oversaw the implementation of the UN backed 1969 Act of Free Choice resulting in West Papua becoming a province of Indonesia was accepted by a majority vote of the UN in November 1969.
The British Government, together with other members of the international community, have continued to stress to the Indonesian Government at the highest level the need to implement fully the 2001 Special Autonomy law for Papua. This law allows for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Committee to look at the incorporation of Papua into Indonesia in the 1960s.