tailieunhanh - Indonesia Defense Diplomacy: Papua's Problem Perspective

This research is a lesson learned from the resolution of the Timor Leste conflict which is expected to be applied in efforts to resolve the Papua problem. On 30 August 1999 through a referendum held in East Timor. | Indonesia Defense Diplomacy Papua s Problem Perspective Vol. 6 2020 A new decade for social changes ISSN 2668-7798 9 772668 779000 Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 6 142-155 April 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Indonesia Defense Diplomacy Papua s Problem Perspective Pangihutan Panjaitan1 Jonni Mahroza2 Pujo Widodo3 Defense Diplomacy Studies Indonesia Defense University1 2 3 warpetekmabur82@ pujowidodo@ Abstract. This research is a lesson learned from the resolution of the Timor Leste conflict which is expected to be applied in efforts to resolve the Papua problem. On 30 August 1999 through a referendum held in East Timor. The 27th province of Indonesia was finally separated from Indonesia and obtained its official status as a member of the United Nations on May 20 2002. Learning from the settlement approach in the Timor Leste case. So the Indonesian government must have more relevant policy formulations so that the same scenario does not repeat itself in solving the Papua problem. The qualitative method is used in this research with a case study approach. The conclusion obtained is that the Government of Indonesia is obliged to realize policies that focus on the interests of the Papuan people as well as the Indonesian government s diplomatic efforts which firmly state that the Papua problem is a domestic problem whose intervention is a violation of Indonesian law and sovereignty and to end the pressure of internationalization on Papuan cases. Keywords. Papua Timor Leste Diplomacy Introduction Since the 1962 New York Agreement Nations amp York 1962 the Papua region has never been devoid of the frenetic political upheavals of separatist resistance from armed OPM militias to the Government of Indonesia. The Independent Papua Organization OPM rebels are very difficult to crush because the terrain in the Papua region is filled with mountainous contours and high valleys. The rebels .