United Liberation Movement for West Papua

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 […]

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 […]

Benny Wenda: Statement on Congress and new ULMWP Leadership December 8, 2023 in Alert, Press Release, Statement I wish to update all media organisations and solidarity groups on the ULMWP leadership change produced by the 1st ULMWP Congress, which took place in West Papua from November 20th–23rd. The congress was attended by over 5000 people […]

On December 7, 2014, a historic gathering of West Papuan leaders in Vanuatu saw different factions of the independence movement unite to form a new body: the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). Three factions – the Federal Republic of West Papua (NRFPB), National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) and West Papua National Parliament (PNWP) […]

Benny Wenda: ULMWP Congress a step towards independence November 21, 2023 As a leader of the West Papuan liberation movement, I welcome the ULMWP Congress currently taking place in Jayapura. I call on all international media to stand by and await the results of the Congress, which will conclude on Thursday 23rd November with the […]

By David Lynch@davi_lynchPolitics Reporter Benny Wenda, the newly-declared president of the interim government of West Papua, lives in exile in Oxford after escaping imprisonment in Indonesia.   Today, West Papuans declared they would form a ‘provisional government-in-waiting’ for their homeland region, which is currently split into two provinces under the control of Indonesia. Mr Wenda leads a […]

Exclusive: Independence leader Benny Wenda joins parliamentarians, lawyers and humanitarians demanding UN supports referendum on territory’s fate : Source Indonesia gained complete control of West Papua through a UN-sanctioned but discredited ballot in 1969. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP The United Nations must pass a resolution for an internationally supervised vote for independence in West Papua, global […]