Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations here on Tuesday called on the government to hold a national dialogue to end conflicts in eastern Papua province.

Bonar Tigor Naipospos, the speaker for the organizations grouped in the National Solidarity for Papua, said the national dialogue could become a wayout for some crucial problems of the province such as cases of human rights abuses and provincial division.

"For some people of Papua year 2003 would be remembered as the year that was marked by conflicts among people particularly as a result of the central administration's decision to split the province into more provinces," he said.