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WEST PAPUA/KOSOVO: Free West Papua (UK) message to Sir John Sawers, UK Ambassador to the UN
By FREE WEST PAPUA CAMPAIGN (UK)
Feb 18, 2008, 17:10

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FREE WEST PAPUA CAMPAIGN (UK)
PO Box 656,

Oxford OX3 3AP, UK.

To: Sir John Sawers,

UK Ambassador to the UN

One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
885 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017

E-mail: UK@UN.int

18 February 2008


Dear Sir John,


In your statement on Kosovo made last week (14.2.08)

http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1173562367279&a=KArticle&aid=1199212915670

you emphasised that:

"a final settlement ... should be based on the will of the people of Kosovo" and that

"a settlement had to be 'acceptable to the people of Kosovo' ", based on

"the aspirations of the vast majority of Kosovo’s population"

And in your earlier statement on Kosovo (19/12/07) you said:

"We do not challenge the importance of the principle of territorial integrity but, as is well-established, it can be qualified by the exercise of the right to self-determination."

http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1173562367279&a=KArticle&aid=1196174571082

We at the Free West Papua Campaign (UK) would be very grateful if you could explain to us and to the people of West Papua why the British Government rejects Serbia's claim to territorial integrity and supports the Kosovar's right to self-determination, which has never been legally recognised by the international community, whilst at the same time the British Government supports Indonesia's claim to territorial integrity and currently rejects the West Papuans' right to self-determination, which has been recognised by the international community?

In the case of Kosovo, the British Government has rightly highlighted the oppression of the Kosovars by the Serbs as an important factor leading to its support for the Kosovar's right to self-determination. We would like to know why the British Government is currently choosing to ignore the brutal oppression of the West Papuans by Indonesia, now and throughout the 45 years of the Indonesian occupation, and to deny the West Papuans' internationally recognised right to self-determination -- which all objective commentators agree has never been legally exercised.

We look forward to receiving your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Samuelson
Co-Director, Free West Papua Campaign, Oxford, UK.
www.freewestpapua.org

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