UN: Papua Excludes Decolonialisation Territory

Chief of the United Nations (UN) Decolonization Committee Rafael Ramirez stated that the petition regarding Papua submitted by separatist group Benny Wenda was only propaganda.
The statement was confirmed by Rafael Ramirez on September 28, 2017 at the UN headquarters in New York to provide clarification to the media.

UN: Papua Excludes Decolonialisation Territory

"As Chair of the United Nations Decolonization Special Committee (C-24), neither I nor the Committee Secretariat, have ever received, formally or informally, petitions or anyone about Papua as reported in the Guardian newspaper," said the Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations, Rafael Ramirez , as chair of the United Nations Colonization Committee at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Ramirez stressed that he highly respects the integrity and territorial sovereignty of all member states.

The Chairperson of the UN Decolonization Committee explained that the mandate of the Decolonization Committee was limited to 17 "Non-Self-Governing Territories", and he stressed the fact that Papua was not included in the list of 17 regions.

In addition, Rafael Ramirez expressed his anger at the existence of individuals and parties who manipulated his name for propaganda.

A statement from the Chair of the United Nations Decolonization Committee again showed that separatists and Benny Wenda had spread false news and lies to the public. Lying and spreading false news like that is very often done by separatist groups, especially when there are large UN meetings and at meetings attended by high UN officials.