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PCC General Assembly Statement of Solidarity with Tannah (West) Papua

WE, the 11th general assemblies of the Pacific Conference of Churches representing 30 Member Churches and 9 National Council of Churches, having gathered at Mangere in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand resolve as follows:

That as we reflect on the theme, “Singing the Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land,” we also hear the cries of our communities who struggle to sing the Lord’s song as songs of freedom and justice in their own land.

We reaffirm our commitment to the struggle for self-determination of our brothers and sisters in Tannah Papua and express our strong support for their inclusion in the United Nations list for decolonisation.

We call on Pacific churches to set aside Sunday, December 3rd 2018 as a day on which to remember West Papua in liturgy and prayer.

We call on our churches to wear red and black every Wednesday in support of freedom in Tannah Papua.

We call on Indonesia to immediately stop its blatant disregard of the indigenous people of Papua which is clear in its ongoing human rights violations and continued attempts to manipulate the population of Papua through forced migration.

We call for an end to the exploitation of indigenous land in Tannah Papua and demand greater education and employment opportunities for the native population.