Radio NZ - The leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group are expected to announce whether or not West Papua will gain full membership this afternoon. An organisation representing West Papua independence groups, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, was last year granted observer status within the MSG. But Indonesia, which considers the movement a […]

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Pasifik.News - By Adam Boland - July 20, 2016 Vanuatu’s Deputy Prime Minister has hit out at Indonesia saying Melanesians must speak up for the people of West Papua. Joe Natuman believes the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is being swayed by outside interests after it deferred making a decision on awarding full membership to the […]

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PinaNews - 10:24 pm GMT+12, 14/07/2016, Vanuatu Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai says the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has failed the people of West Papua. The MSG last night deferred a decision on awarding full membership to the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) until a new meeting can be held in September. The […]

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4:24 pm GMT+12, 17/07/2016, Solomon Islands Disagreements remain among leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) on the issues of West Papua’s full membership even though an agreed communiqué stated that the deferral was a secretarial issue. Since the agreed communiqué from the MSG special leaders’ summit in Honiara was announced publicly, leaders from the […]

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Posted: July 15, 2016 | Author: dailyvanuatu | Filed under: The Daily Digest The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders’ meeting, currently being held in Honiara, Solomon Islands, yesterday deferred its decision to welcome the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) as a full member of MSG until another meeting planned for Port Vila in […]

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By PM Press - July 15, 2016 The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Special Leaders’ Summit in Honiara concluded yesterday with the reaching of a number of key decisions on issues of interest to the Melanesian sub-regional bloc. The meeting was chaired by the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon Manasseh Sogavare and leaders in attendance included […]

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By Adam Boland - pasifik.news Melanesian leaders have deferred making a decision about elevating the diplomatic status of the West Papua independence movement until September. Vanuatu pushed hard for the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) to be given full membership of regional economic body, the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot […]

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By Pasifik Staff -, July 15, 2016 Pasifik.News, Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai says the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has failed the people of West Papua. Charlot SalwaiThe MSG last night deferred a decision on awarding full membership to the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) until a new meeting can be held in […]

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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2016 8:00 am, Compiled by Godwin Ligo The Spokesperson of the Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS) in Kanaky, Victor Tutugoro, yesterday morning re-affirmed his strong support for West Papua to become full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) during the Honiara MSG Leaders’ Summit. The FLNKS Spokesperson […]

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SolomonStarNews.com, Published: 13 July 2016 The Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare has told a visiting United Liberation Movement of West Papua delegation that opening up membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group is an idea to be discussed in Honiara at the MSG Leaders’ Summit beginning July 14. Mr Sogavare made the comment after the General Secretary […]

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SolomonStarNews.com, Published: 13 July 2016 West Papua says it wants more interaction with members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. The intention was relayed yesterday to the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara by the visiting General Secretary of the United Liberation Movement […]

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solomonstarnews.com, Published: 13 July 2016 Indonesian province of West Papua is hopeful to see their full membership plea in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), advance during this 4th Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) summit hosted in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Speaking to the media yesterday spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Paupua (ULMWP) Benny […]

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