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Vanuatu as one of the countries in the South Pacific Region has become a country that seems very diligent in criticizing Indonesia in international forums relating to the issue of violations of human rights in Papua. This was seen from 1982 when Vanuatu did not yet have diplomatic relations with Indonesia and then continued in 2014 when Vanuatu Prime Minister Moana Carcasses Katokai Kalosil at the 25th UN Human Rights Summit, delivered a speech urging the international community to support the independence of the Papuan people. Another hostile attitude took place on January 25, 2019, during a special meeting between Vanuatu and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland which discussed the UPR (Universal Periodic Review), it turned out in secret Vanuatus delegation included Benny Wenda. Benny Wenda himself is the leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) or the West Papua Liberation Movement. This article argues that what was done by Vanuatu was inseparable from Vanuatus domestical politic which the majority supported Papuan independence so that to frame the argument this article would use Graham T Allisons Organizational Process approach.