KEGAGALAN ADVOKASI ISU INTERNASIONAL PAPUA OLEH ORGANISASI PAPUA MERDEKA

Since the inception of the OPM in 1963, the insurgency carried out cannot be separated from acts of violence and shootings. The goal of the OPM is to want independence and to release Papua from Indonesia. The 1969 Act of Free Choice (Pepera) showed a victory for the Indonesian government against the integrity of Papua, thus making the Papuan elite not accept the result and fought back to demand the independence of its territory from Indonesia. The conflict still continues today and is interesting to analyze. This study uses a descriptive research method which is analyzed using qualitative methods. The concept used by the researcher uses the concept of Separatism and the concept of Insurgency to analyze the problems in this study. The results of this study, the researchers found that the failure factor of the OPM was motivated by a lack of support and international legitimacy, clarified by the statement of the Secretary General of the United Nations which stated that Papua is an Indonesian territory