Melanesia Roundup

Natuman congratulates Wenda on election By Len Garae Feb 9, 2024 Former Prime Minister Mr. Joe Natuman (left) congratulates President Benny Wenda (right) while former first President Mr. George Sokomanu cements the handshake with his presence By Len Garae A former Prime Minister (PM), Mr. Joe Natuman whose Government had funded the first arrival of […]

Broadcast 13h ago13 hours ago Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/wantok/wpapua-van-office-wenda/103432524 Share Siaman blong United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda itok tenkyu blong em long Vanuatu gavman na ol pipol long opim wanpla opis blong ULMWP long Port Vila. Mr […]

United Liberation Movement of West Papua’s (ULMWP) Interim President, Mr. Benny Wenda, arrived at Port Vila International Airport yesterday as the first ever ULMWP President to be elected by over 5,000 indigenous delegates from within West Papua. He was welcomed on his arrival by a delegation of the Maraki Vanua Riki Council of Chiefs of […]

January 23, 2024 in Press Release, Statement On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I welcome yesterday’s meeting in the European Parliament and the launch of the Brussels Declaration. The Declaration is an important document, echoing the existing calls for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua […]

In a historic moment for West Papua, Benny Wenda has expressed his deep honour at being elected President of the ULMWP (United Liberation Movement for West Papua) Provisional Government during the recently concluded Congress in Port Numbay.   Edison Waromi, elected as Prime Minister, shares in the joy, and both leaders underscore their commitment to […]

https://www.dailypost.vu/news/government-urged-to-honour-jayapura-resolutions/article_579ab5e1-0379-529d-a9a9-0815fcdd3d5c.html By Len Garae Dec 22, 2023 Interim Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of ULMWP, Kaloran (right) addresses Vanua Riki Council of Chiefs on ULMWP Congress at the Shefa Education Conference Hall   The United Liberation Movement of West Papua Interim Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Morris Kaloran, wishes to ask the Prime Minister Charlot […]

West Papua Congress elect Wenda President By Len Garae Nov 28, 2023 Source:https://www.dailypost.vu/news/west-papua-congress-elect-wenda-president/article_e81d87b6-58c8-507c-8218-cee34acfd529.html Mr. Wenda re-elected President of ULMWP in West Papua   West Papua International Secretariat Headquarters in Port Vila, has confirmed that former President of United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) Provisional Government, Mr. Benny Wenda, has been re-elected to his former […]

Benny Wenda: Welcome the outcome of the first ULMWP Congress in West Papua December 1, 2023 Below is the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2023. ”In the name of Yahweh, in the name of our ancestors, in the name of bones of suffering, and in […]

November 23, 2023 I am greatly honoured to have been elected as President of the ULMWP Provisional Government at the historic Congress that has just concluded in Port Numbay. I have spoken to Edison Waromi and know that he is overjoyed to have been elected as Prime Minister. We take our mandate from the people […]