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Vanuatu Declared War against Indonesia: Old Issue Becomes New.

Submitted by FdN on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 16:38
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Press Release, 28th September 2004. Today, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Barak Sope Tame MAATAMATE of Vanuatu call the UN to take moral and political responsibility for it’s past mistake on the issue of West Papua. He reaffirmed that to bring last peace and security in West Papua, the issue of self-determination and independence of the people of West Papua and review of the conduct of the UN in relation to the Act of “Free Choice” in 1969 must be given a central attention in new UN reform program.

U.S. Senate Continues Restrictions on Military Assistance for Indonesia

Submitted by FdN on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 16:31
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WASHINGTON - September 24 - The U.S. Senate yesterday voted to renew bans on International Military Education and Training (IMET) and foreign military financing (FMF) for Indonesia. In passing the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, the Senate agreed to continue the ban on grants of military equipment through the FMF program and on licenses for export of lethal equipmentuntil certain conditions are met, and to extend the ban on IMET until the State Department determines that the Indonesian armed forces and government are cooperating with the FBI's investigation into the murder of U.S.