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	West Irian Jaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Irian Jaya (Indonesian: Irian Jaya Barat) is a province of Indonesia on the western end of the island of New Guinea.
		West Irian Jaya was created from the western portion of Papua province in February 2003.
		The capital of Irian Jaya Barat is in Manokwari.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irian_Jaya_Barat (235 words)

	Western New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1942, the northern coast of West New Guinea and the nearby islands were occupied by the Japanese empire.
		Both north and west of the central ranges the land remains mountainous mostly 1000 to 2000 m high covered by thick rain forest and a warm humid year round climate.
		West Papuan culture was forcibly repressed under the forty years of Indonesian rule since 1963.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Papua (2589 words)

	Irian Jaya/West Papua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Irian Jaya is the western half of the island of New Guinea, which is located several hundred miles north of Australia in the South Pacific.
		The highest point in Irian Jaya is the 4,884 metre peak Puncak Jaya in the Sudirman range, the tallest peak between the Andes and the Himalayas.
		Map of Irian Jaya (the island of Sulawesi is to the west and Papua New Guinea is to the east)
	www.moles.org /ProjectUnderground/motherlode/freeport/ij.html (359 words)

	Some Considerations for a Solution for West Irian
		Finally, even an independent West Irian would continue to be "cursed" by the humiliating circumstance, that their one and only national language would be Bahasa Indonesia, the language of the "arch enemy".
		These Indonesians are not the Indonesians involved in oppression of West Irian, but on the contrary, either were themselves victims of opression and repression by the regime, or are in solidarity with such victims.
		West Irian is rich, and proper handling of mining and other revenues would provide for sufficient funds for all this.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /~wm/PAP/proICWirja.html (2462 words)

	PreventConflict.org - Maps - West Papua
		West Papua marks the eastern-most island of the Indonesian nation, forming the western half of the island of New Guinea.
		West Papua/Irian Jaya’s cities and economy are dominated by non-Papuans, who, in the eyes of the Indonesian administration, should assist in the assimilation of Papuans and their ethnic diversity into a unified and solitary Indonesian identity.
		Additionally, the Dutch claimed that West New Guinea was distinct and severable from the rest of the Indonesian archipelago by race and culture, as the island’s inhabitants were Melanesian as opposed to the Javanese who dominated the rest of the nation.
	www.preventconflict.org /portal/main/maps_wpapua_overview.php (977 words)

	W.M.: After the West Papua Congress
		The history that West Papuans wished to see rectified at the Congress was that of its formal, or legal appertinance or non- appertinance to the Republic of Indonesia, and of their right to secession in the light of UN principles of decolonisation (this latter I will also discuss in sections 3 and 4).
		Considering the present predicament in West New Guinea, one could be tempted to award the second prize in colonialist manipulation to the Netherlands for the separation of the territory from the rest of Indonesia in 1946 and simulating a disjunct decolonisation in 1961 to forestall reunification.
		West Papuans probably do not realise that the very sympathetic and cordial solidarisation which they experience from peoples of PNG and the South Pacific in their present predicament do not actually serve as demonstration of some sort of common ethno-cultural basic national identity.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /~wm/PAP/afterWPC.html (17776 words)

	West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Promoting Bali
		From the towering glacial highlands of its spine to the sweaty mangrove swamps of the coast, Irian Jaya is one of the world's last great wildernesses: maps of the area still show stretches as wide as 300km without any relief data at all.
		The vote was stage-managed by the Indonesians and West Papua was ceded entirely to the Indonesians, to be renamed Irian Jaya, or "Victorious Irian".
		A lousy fleapit hotel costs twice as much in Irian as a reasonable guesthouse anywhere else; food and fuel are also expensive as they have to be imported.
	www.promotingbali.com /beyond-bali/west-papua (704 words)

	IRIAN JAYA: UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE ACT OF SELF- DETERMINATION IN WEST IRIAN (INDONESIAN WEST NEW GUINEA) ...
		Whether or not nationalism is an incorrect term to apply to the political aspirations of a predominantly traditional tribal society like West Irian, reports by various foreign visitors are consistent in their conclusions that the overwhelming majority of Papuans did not want to be ruled by Jakarta.
		This willingness by the UN Secretariat to abandon the minimum safeguards contained in the Agreement was characteristic of its attitude towards the issue throughout its involvement with West Irian.
		Whoever was responsible, it is a clear illustration of the UN leadership's collaboration with Indonesia to legitimize the Indonesian takeover of West Irian, at the expense of the Papuans, who thereby lost political rights guaranteed in the Agreement.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/issues/saltford.html (8627 words)

	PapuaWeb: Kronologi Papua - 1945-2003 - Chronology of Papua
		Following a vote by the West New Guinea Council, the territory is renamed West Papua and given a national anthem and a flag which flies alongside the Dutch tricolour.
		Uprisings in Paniai Regency; this was intended to signal uprisings throughout West Irian in all district capitals, to begin in the week prior to 1 May, to be followed by a proclamation from leaders at either Wamena or Jayapura.
		Soeharto and entourage visit West Irian to officiate at ceremonies marking the completion of the 'Act of Free Choice'; West Irian becomes Indonesia's 17th Province; Soeharto declares an amnesty for those who had taken part in the Awom, Mandatjan and Enarotali revolts.
	www.papuaweb.org /chrono/files/c1960-69.html (5564 words)

	West Papua Separatist Movements (Indonesia)
		The flag of the main West Papuan separatist movement opposed to Indonesia rule and so may (in some quarters at least) have claim to be the flag of Irian Jaya.
		The coat of arms of the province West Irian: Bottom a brown field (2/3) with 3 grey/white columns on a white wall; the (heraldic) right branch is golden; the left branch is green/white (cotton).
		From www.converge.org.nz/wpapua/opm.html is the flag of The Free West Papua Movement, OPM (Organisesi Papua Merdeka).
	flagspot.net /flags/id-irja.html (1438 words)

	Serebella Contents West Indies---West Irian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Maps are usually drawn with the west pointing to the left.
		It uses material from the Wiktionary page "West".
		The compass point halfway between west and northwest.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/contains-469471-469474-West_Indies-West_Irian.html (182 words)

	SELF-DETERMINATION FOR WEST PAPUA Petition
		In November 2001, two senior UN officials, including the head of the UN mission to oversee the handing-over of West Papua to Indonesia, admitted that the Act of Free Choice was a sham - ‘a whitewash, designed to appease the Americans and the Indonesians’.
		West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea.
		Shamefully the UN sanctioned this vote, and West Papua became the province of Irian Jaya.
	www.petitiononline.com /westpap/petition.html (432 words)

	IRIAN JAYA (WEST PAPUA, NEW GUINEA): THE QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE
		Irian Jaya (West Papua, New Guinea) is the western half of the island of New Guinea.
		IRIAN JAYA (WEST PAPUA, NEW GUINEA): THE QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE-AUGUST 20, 2000 TO AUGUST 31, 2000
		IRIAN JAYA (WEST PAPUA, NEW GUINEA): THE QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE-AUGUST 10, 2000 TO AUGUST 19, 2000
	www.angelfire.com /journal/issues/irian.html (753 words)

	West Papua Action - UN Review
		To conclude, there is overwhelming evidence to show that the West Papuans did not have the opportunity to exercise their right to self-determination as guaranteed in the New York Agreement and under UNGA Resolution 1514 on the granting of independence to colonial peoples (14 December 1960).
		Privately, however, we recognise that the people of West Irian have no desire to be ruled by the Indonesians who are of an alien (Javanese) race, and that the process of consultation did not allow a genuinely free choice to be made.
		To make sense of current West Papuan resistance to Indonesian rule it is necessary to understand why the Papuans were denied their right to self-determination and why it was that an Asian country ended up in control of this vast, resource-rich land and its Melanesian population.
	wpaction.buz.org /unreview (8543 words)

	Indonesia's 1969 Takeover of West Papua
		On the 35th anniversary of West Papua's so-called "Act of Free Choice" and Indonesia's first direct presidential elections, the National Security Archive posted recently declassified documents on U.S. policy deliberations leading to Indonesia's controversial 1969 annexation of the territory.
		From 1949 until 1961 the Indonesian government sought to "recover" West New Guinea (later known as West Irian or West Papua), arguing that the territory, a part of the former Netherlands East Indies, rightfully belonged with Indonesia.
		The Indonesian government firmly rejected the possibility of a one-person, one-vote plebiscite in West Irian, insisting instead on a series of local 'consultations' with just over 1,000 hand selected tribal leaders (out of an estimated population of 800,000), conducted in July 1969 with between 6,000-10,000 Indonesian troops spread throughout the territory.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB128/index.htm (1559 words)

	Irian Jaya
		They extended their rule along the coastal areas in the 18th cent., and in 1828 claimed possession of the coast west of the 141st meridian and in 1848 of the north coast W of Humboldt Bay.
		The conflict between the Dutch and Indonesia ended in late 1962 when the Netherlands agreed to UN administration of West New Guinea and, after May 1, 1963, transfer of the territory to Indonesian control pending a plebiscite (to be held under UN supervision before 1970).
		In June, 2000, a congress of Papuan activists declared the province independent as West Papua, an action that was rejected by the Indonesian government, which subsequently responded with a military crackdown on independence supporters.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0825471.html (649 words)

	West Papua News - The Newsletter of West Papua Action - No. 5 September 1998.
		Set up on 24 July in Jayapura, FORERI is an independent organisation whose purpose is to monitor, respond to and channel the genuine aspirations of the people of Irian Jaya to the regional government, the central government and other authorities.
		Hundreds of people, later swelling to over a thousand gathered in Jayapura on July 1st and 2nd to denounce the process leading to the take-over of West Papua in 1969, the so-called "Act of 'free' Choice", where only 1, 025 coerced Papuans were allowed to vote in a rigged referendum for integration with Indonesia.
		The flag of West Papua, the Morning Star was unfurled on July 2nd in Biak.
	westpapuaaction.buz.org /newsletter/no5.htm (1188 words)

	SeaHorse Tales, WaterLogged: Wild West Diving, Irian Diving, Sorong, West Papua
		Max Ammer, owner of Irian Diving, is an extraordinary man. He believes that if you want to do something you CAN do it.
		Max is Dutch, came to Irian to search for WWII wrecks of airplanes and learned to dive to pursue that goal (he has found over 300 wrecks).
		Contact Max Ammer, owner of Irian Diving at info@IrianDiving.com or for quick info, contact iriandiving@SeaHorseTales.com Our 2000 trip is scheduled for November 19-December 10.
	www.seahorsetales.com /logs/Phils/Papua/WildWest.html (1920 words)

	Irian Jaya : West Irian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Irian Jaya is the western part of New Guinea and shares its eastern border with Papua New Guinea.
		Also known as West Papua, Western New Guinea, West Irian, Irian Barat or Papua Barat.
		It uses material from the wikipedia article Irian Jaya : West Irian.
	www.eurofreehost.com /we/West_Irian.html (343 words)

	Free Papua Movement (OPM)
		Irian Jaya, the former Dutch New Guinea or West New Guinea, remained under Dutch control after Indonesian independence in 1949.
		After a 1969 Act of Free Choice, the territory, which the Indonesians called Irian Barat (West Irian) until 1972, was integrated into the republic as Indonesia's twenty-sixth province.
		Rich in natural resources, Irian Jaya (Victorious Irian)--as the province was renamed in 1972--is the largest and least-populated province.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/papua.htm (898 words)

	ipedia.com: Irian Jaya Barat Article
		Irian Jaya Barat is a new province of Indonesia which split off from Papua province.
		Irian Jaya Barat (West Irian Jaya) is a new province of Indonesia which split off from Papua province.
		Irian Jaya Barat consists of 1 municipality (Sorong) and 8 regencies:
	www.ipedia.com /irian_jaya_barat.html (127 words)

	The OPM, Online Papua Mouthpiece, Voices from West Papua
		Presiden KH Abdulrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) menyatakan setuju pergantian nama Irian Jaya menjadi Papua.
		Persetujuan itu bukan akibat tekanan siapa-siapa, tetapi karena nama Irian Jaya merupakan manipulasi dari bahasa Arab yang artinya telanjang.
		There were two new provinces for Irian Jaya (West Irian Jaya, Central Irian Jaya, and East Irian Jaya) In response, tribal leaders, religious leaders, NGOs, and students protested this decision and called the House of Representative for Irian Jaya province to hold a special meeting in this regard.
	www.westpapua.net /news/00/01/JAN01~1.HTM (3638 words)

	CNN.com - FACTBOX: West Papua (Irian Jaya) - Feb. 5, 2003
		West Papua has abundant natural resources, many of them still untapped, that include spices, copra, timber, crude oil, uranium, and the world's largest concentrations of gold and copper.
		West Papua's indigenous population is mostly Melanesian and Christian, ethnically and culturally different from Indonesia's predominantly Muslim majority.
		Indonesian government responded that the congress does not represent the wishes of a majority of the province and that the congress excluded anti-independence voices.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/02/04/indo.papua.history (478 words)

	Inside Indonesia 61 - Good Footwork - West Papua in 1999
		On April 17th 1999 Irian Jaya's chief of police, Hotman Siagian, issued a proclamation banning all discussion and dissemination of information resulting from the national dialogue.
		Governors for the new provinces of West Irian, Central Irian and East Irian were sworn in on 12 October 1999.
		She visited Irian Jaya in June 1999 as an electoral monitor under an ACFOA programme.
	www.serve.com /inside/edit61/nina2.htm (740 words)

	West Irian Jaya -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		West Irian Jaya -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		West Irian Jaya was created from the western portion of (A Pacific island north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; governed by Australia and Indonesia) Papua province in February 2003.
		The split is widely opposed in Papua itself, where it is viewed as a violation of special autonomy laws governing Papua, and as an effort to quell the Papuan (An advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)) separatist movement (see Papua history).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/west_irian_jaya.htm (180 words)

	Freedom in the World 1998-99: West Papua (Irian Jaya) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Ratings change: West Papua's civil liberties rating changed from 7 to 6 due to a slight easing of restrictions on freedom of expression which coincided with President Suharto's May 1998 ouster.
		According to HRW, as the year ended, trials were underway or expected to begin for 30 people accused of raising the West Papuan flag in separate incidents in Wamena in July and Maokwari in October, and for six people accused of organizing demonstrations in Jayapura in July and October.
		The constant loss of ancestral land to development projects has been one of the factors contributing to what is believed to be fairly widespread support among the population for independence.
	freedomhouse.org /survey99/relterr/wpapua.html (1056 words)

	Books about West Papua / Irian Jaya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969: The Anatomy of a Betrayal
		The Morphology of Wambon of the Irian Jaya Upper-Digul Area: With an Introduction to Its Phonology
		Catalogue of the Lichens of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya Heinar Streimann - October 1986
	hotburrito.20m.com /shop/books/westpapua.html (724 words)

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