EU issues resolution on Maluku, Aceh, Papua
EU issues resolution on Maluku, Aceh, Papua
Antara, Jakarta
The European Parliament has issued a resolution calling on
Indonesia to formulate an immediate peaceful solution to the
conflicts in Maluku, Aceh and Papua, while affirming its
recognition on Indonesia's integrity, a report said.
Signed by 13 members of the parliament, the resolution
suggested that Indonesia invite the United Nations' special
rapporteurs to investigate the alleged torture of civilians by
the military in the provinces of Aceh and Papua.
The resolution was issued during the European Parliament
meeting held in France last week to discuss human rights issues
in Indonesia, Antara reported from Brussels on Wednesday.
The resolution contains 15 points on facts and information on
human rights violations found by the European Parliament, and 11
points on its concerns and calls on Indonesia to take immediate
measures against various human rights violations in the provinces.
In Maluku, the parliament spotlighted the absence of an
independent inquiry commission, the arrest of Laskar Jihad (holy
war) commander Ja'afar Umar Thalib on May 4, 2002, who had
provoked Maluku's Muslims to ignore the Malino II peace accord on
April 26.
It also said that Indonesia had held peaceful dialogs with the
Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Geneva on May 10, 2002.
On Papua, the European Parliament made mention of a fact that
the National Investigation Commission had claimed six members of the
Army's Special Force (Kopassus) were involved in the murder of Theys
Hiyo Eluay, chairman of the Free Papua Movement's Presidium Council.
In other parts of the resolution, the European Parliament
expressed concern over the United Nations' Human Rights Commission
led by Mary Robinson which it viewed as having failed to live up to
its responsibility on the occurrence of human rights violations
in the three Indonesian provinces.
It hailed the government's measures to drive away all members
of the Laskar Jihad from Maluku, saying the Indonesian government
was committed to peaceful resolution.
On Aceh and Papua, the resolution also urged the Indonesian
government to form independent enquiry commissions composing of
international human rights experts to investigate the slaying of
Eluay and also human rights cases in Aceh.