West New Guinea dispute

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The West New Guinea dispute was a post–World War II decolonization conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over sovereignty of the western half of New Guinea, ultimately leading to its transfer to Indonesian control in the 1960s.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decolonization conflict ⓘ
post–World War II conflict ⓘ
territorial dispute ⓘ
affectedPopulation indigenous Papuans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs West Irian dispute ⓘ
West Papua dispute ⓘ
colonialPower Netherlands ⓘ
conflictBetween Indonesia ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
diplomaticDimension intense international negotiations ⓘ
endTime 1969 ⓘ
finalStatusDeterminationProcess Act of Free Choice ⓘ
finalStatusYear 1969 ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Cold War rivalry in Southeast Asia ⓘ
involvedOrganization Australia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States ⓘ
keyEvent Act of Free Choice ⓘ
New York Agreement ⓘ
Operation Trikora ⓘ
establishment of UNTEA ⓘ
legalBasisOfTransfer New York Agreement ⓘ
location West New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua

western half of New Guinea ⓘ
mainIssue sovereignty over West New Guinea ⓘ
mediatedBy United Nations ⓘ
United States ⓘ
militaryDimension limited armed clashes ⓘ
modernRegionName Papua Province of Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Papua Province

West Papua Province of Indonesia ⓘ
partOf decolonization of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
peakPeriod 1950s ⓘ
early 1960s ⓘ
postColonialState Indonesia ⓘ
predecessorConflict Indonesian struggle for independence from the Netherlands ⓘ
regionAfterTransfer Irian Barat ⓘ
linked to: West Papua

Irian Jaya ⓘ
linked to: Papua
relatedTo Cold War ⓘ
Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
result transfer of West New Guinea to Indonesian control ⓘ
startTime 1949 ⓘ
subjectOf human rights discussions regarding the Act of Free Choice ⓘ
international law debates on self-determination ⓘ
transferDate 1963 ⓘ
transferTo Indonesia ⓘ
transitionalAdministration United Nations Temporary Executive Authority ⓘ
transitionalAdministrationAcronym UNTEA ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Netherlands–Indonesia relations → keyEvent → West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
West New Guinea dispute → alsoKnownAs → West Irian dispute ⓘ
linked to: West New Guinea dispute
West New Guinea dispute → alsoKnownAs → West Papua dispute ⓘ
linked to: West New Guinea dispute
New York Agreement of 1962 → relatedConflict → West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
Operation Trikora → conflict → West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
Guided Democracy period → notableEvent → West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
Round Table Conference (1949) → relatedTo → West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
Sukarno government → keyEvent → West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
Mandala Monument of West Irian Liberation → relatedTo → Indonesian–Dutch conflict over West New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West New Guinea dispute