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Presidential Instruction No. 5 of 2007 on Accelerating the Development of Papua and West Papua. (Instruksi Presiden Republik Indonesia Nomor 5 Tahun 2007 Tentang Percepatan Pembangunan Provinsi Papua Dan Provinsi Papua Barat) -

Adoption: 2007-05-16 | IDN-2007-M-91670

The Instruction provides specific guidelines for the development of Papua and West Papua under a "new deal policy" that covers five strategic priorities:
- Establishing food security and reducing poverty;
- Increasing the quality of education;
- Increasing the quality of health services;
- Developing basic infrastructure to increase accessibility to remote areas and areas along the national border; and
- Taking affirmative action to improve the human resource quality of indigenous Papuans.

Indonesia - Indigenous and tribal peoples - Law, Act

Law of the Republic of Indonesia on Special Autonomy for the Papua Province (No. 21 of 2001). (Undang-Undang Tentang Otonomi Khusus Bagi Provinsi Papua) -

Adoption: 2001-10-22 | IDN-2001-L-84431

Special Autonomy is a special authority acknowledged and granted to the Papua Province to regulate and manage the interests of the local people a its own initiative based on the aspiration and fundamental rights of the people of Papua.