Republic of West Papua
Republic of West Papua Republik Papua Barat | |
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| Motto: One People One Soul | |
| Anthem: Hai Tanahku Papua (Indonesian) (English: "Oh My Land Papua") | |
The territory claimed by the Republic of West Papua, the entirety of present-day Indonesian Papua. | |
| Status | proto state (unrecognized) |
| Capital | Jayapura (claimed) |
| Common languages | Indonesian, Papuan Malay, and Papuan languages Dutch and English (in exile) |
| Religion | Christianity, Animism, Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Papuan |
| Government | Provisional government |
| Establishment | |
| 27 December 1949 | |
• Inauguration ceremony and proclamation | 1 December 1961 |
| 1 October 1962 | |
| 1 May 1963 | |
| 19 November 1969 | |
• Free Papua Movement proclaimed republic | 1 July 1971 |
• Dr. Thomas Wainggai proclaimed republic | 14 December 1988 |
• West Papua National Authority proclaimed federal republic | 19 October 2011 |
The Republic of West Papua (Indonesian: Republik Papua Barat), alternatively known as the Federal Republic of West Papua (Indonesian: Republik Federal Papua Barat, RFPB) is a proto state consisting of the Western New Guinea region, which is currently part of Indonesia on the continent of Oceania. The region has been part of Indonesia since 1 May 1963 under several names in the following order, West Irian, Irian Jaya, and Papua. Today the region comprises six Indonesian provinces: Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, West Papua, and Southwest Papua.
The proposal is supported by the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu with the Parliament of Vanuatu passing the Wantok Blong Yumi Bill (Our Close Friends) in 2010, officially declaring that Vanuatu's foreign policy is to support the achievement of the independence of West Papua. The parliament has proposed requesting that West Papua be granted observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group and Pacific Islands Forum.
The Republic of West Papua has been a member state of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) since the organization's founding in 1991.