Editing Foreign relations of Vanuatu (section)

====''Wantok Blong Yumi Bill''====

In June 2010, the [[Parliament of Vanuatu]] unanimously gave its support to a motion – the [[Wantok Blong Yumi Bill]] – clarifying Vanuatu's foreign policy with regards to West Papuan independence claims from Indonesia. The bill, tabled by Independent MP [[Ralph Regenvanu]] and supported by Prime Minister [[Edward Natapei]] and opposition leader [[Maxime Carlot Korman]], committed Vanuatu to recognising West Papua's independence; to seeking observer status for West Papua in the [[Melanesian Spearhead Group]] and in the [[Pacific Islands Forum]]; and to "request[ing] [United Nations] [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]] support for the [[International Court of Justice]] to provide an advisory opinion on the process in which the former [[Dutch New Guinea]] was ceded to Indonesia in the 1960s".<ref name="RNZI_54332">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=54332 |title=Vanuatu to seek UN General Assembly support for ICJ opinion on Indonesia's Papua |date=23 June 2010 |work=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.governmentofvanuatu.gov.vu/news.html "Vanuatu’s Parliament Pass Bill in Support for West Papua"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724142105/http://www.governmentofvanuatu.gov.vu/news.html |date=24 July 2010 }}, Government of Vanuatu</ref><ref>[http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/vanuatu-to-seek-observer-status-for-west-papua-at-msg-and-pif-leaders-summits/ "Vanuatu to seek observer status for West Papua at MSG and PIF leaders summits"], ''Pacific Scoop'', 22 June 2010</ref>