NZ unions

NZ unions endorse West Papua right to self-determination

The call comes as Pacific Island heads of state met in Apia for the annual Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting last week.

Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau and the Marshall Islands are seeking to re-list West Papua with the UN Decolonisation Committee at its vote later this month.

NZCTU Secretary Sam Huggard said that West Papuans must have the right to self-determination.
“The 1962 New York Agreement has never been implemented.