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West Papua in this blog refers to the nation declared in a manifesto which the New Guinea Council published on 19 October 1961, their people, their lands, their resources, their interests.

My first ideas are that :

1)  West Papua is in my opinion an United Nations Trust territory, and is a issue for the credibility of the United Nations and a major credibility issue of the rule of law by the membership of the United Nations. Although the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the only authority able to legally declare if a territory is a trust territory or not, I have no problem discussing or debating the likelihoods with people provided you have read the six documents required for forming an opinion about the trusteeship question:

• From 1945, articles 1 and 73 to 88 of the Charter of the United Nations, which are in the chapters titled "Declaration regarding Non-Self-Governing territories", "International Trusteeship System", and "The Trusteeship Council".
• From 1960, United Nations General Assembly resolution 1514 (XVII).
• From 1962, the Agreement signed by the Netherlands, Indonesia, and the UN Secretary General U Thant.
• From 1962, United Nations General Assembly resolution 1752 (XVII).
• From 1969, United Nations General Assembly resolution 2504 (XXIV).
• From the 1970s, an United Nations summary.

2)  The people of West Papua since the 1960s are probably correct to suspect Indonesia would quickly conduct widespread genocide if the Papuan population attempted a revolution of the type the Americans did in 1775-1783. I think the best option for the West Papuan people is to prompt the news media and United Nations officials to raise the question, is West Papua a UN trust territory ?