The United of Indigenous West Papua Coalition (UIWPC)
West Papua, 03 August 2012
To: Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)
A Joined Appeal
Praise to the Lord Almighty God,
We, the leaders of UIWPC would like to write our very deeply concerned appeal to your good office. As public aware upon
serious human sufferings and victims for your Christian community of Melanesian people under the 50 years of Asian
country of Indonesia occupation indicated that it clearly far away of regional community attention especially from our
regional leaders. The religious leaders and many of un-sinned of Melanesian is being targeted and been killed,
persecuted and tortured even burn out Churches and its facilities including destroying lifestyle to survive on this
holly and God created land. Indonesian colonial practices definitely has been involved crimes against humanity as well
as Gospel rules, consequently no opportunity to do faith based activities and ritual due to climate of fear increasing
who is facing by God fearing pacific innocent population of West Papua almost over a half century.
We recognised same though between our pacific cultural values or norms and the European Christian values which the both
maintain human dignity and salvation for the all people and nations around the world. During Dutch time, West Papuan
have involved in annual meeting by official delegation as founder members at Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) back
in 1960s, since Indonesian settlement until at present no clear space to share worship together and develop our
religious values to support peace and security agenda for our oceanic continent. Today, we only convey our misery and
tears by this letter to our beloved Pacific brothers and sisters. However, we strongly respect our ethnical and cultural
identity as a pacific native kinship that never and will ever end from our mind and soul despite imposing by whatever
colonial force therefore, we would like to ask your assistance that through PCC need to:
1. Ask PIF Government to need a regional wisdom and reaction in resolving human suffering and the human rights
violation.
2. Encourage World Church leaders and international faith based institution regarding the humanitarian crisis of
West Papua,
3. Encourage to World Catholic Church Leader or Pope as observer members at the United Nations General Assembly to
advice state members to take peaceful solution ends long enduring conflict between Indonesian government and pacific
people of West Papua.
This aspiration represents our future hopes for peace, safety, salvation and freedom from the Indonesian military
regime. Christian pacific people in West Papua have been slow genocide on the rich natural resource and beautiful
country. Eventually, we give our gratitude and prayer for future generation of Pacific. God will grant a good wisdom for
you all.
God Bless Our Pacific People
The Signatures of the UIWPC Leaders:
Chairman of Papua Customary Council in Meepakoo RegionB R PINIBO, SPD
Damal/ Nguga Tribe ChiefTHEO MURIB
Dani Tribes ChiefALPIUS MURIB
Mee Tribe ChiefYAKONEAS ADII
Moni Tribe ChiefDANILE ZONGGENAU
Yerisiam Tribe ChiefSP HANEBORA STH, MA
Biak Tribe ChiefSIMSON BONSAFIA
Serui ChiefARNOLD BEROTABUI
Sorong Tribe ChiefHERMAN ASMURUF
Religious Leader representativeRev. ESEBIUS PIGAI .STH
Academic or Intellectual RepresentativeRev. DAUD AUWE M.DIV
Human Rights Defender RepresentativeYONES DOUW S.AmdP
Youth RepresentativeMIKHAEL ZONGGENAU S.PT
Indonesian Official RepresentativeZET GIAY, MM
Women RepresentativePINA JAGANI
Papua Women Solidarity RepresentativeNATALIA M KOBOGAU
Representative of Consultation Council of Pepera1969MARCIA GIAY
Primary and Secondary School RepresentativeJERRY PIGOME
University Student Movement RepresentativeBENNY DIMI S.IP
The Representative of the Customary Consultation CouncilPETRUS ASSOR. Smth
Victim Representative of Indonesian Military RegimeFRANS KOTOUKI .S.PM