Australia has been urged to “step up substantially on the issue of West Papua [New Guinea]”, with Vanuatu’s leaders taking to the stage of the UN General Assembly to "emphatically condemn" alleged human rights violations in the region.
Vanuatu urged global leaders to assist West Papuans (pa·poo·uhnz), following reports of a mass exodus from the town of Wamena and increased violence on Monday.
Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas said “we condemn, emphatically, violations of human rights of the indigenous people of West Papua”