We urge the leaders of the five Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) member groups to upgrade the membership status of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) at the upcoming MSG leaders’ summit. 

The inaugural West Papua All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of the new Parliament was held in the House of Commons today (10/09/2024).  Chaired by Alex Sobel MP (Labour), the APPG was attended by MPs Luke Akehurst (Labour), Alex Ballinger (Labour), Jeremy Corbyn (Independent), Tan Dhesi (Labour), Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour), Lord Richard Harries, and addressed by ULMWP.

We, the undersigned Parliamentarians, urge the Indonesian government to facilitate a visit to West Papua by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). West Papua is in the grip of a significant humanitarian crisis and requires urgent international attention. The UN estimates that 60,000-100,000 indigenous Papuans were displaced as a.