Significant Documents

Bougainville: Peace Process Documents

Bougainville Peace Process: Development of Constitutional Changes Needed to Give Effect to the Peace Agreement, November 2001, by Anthony Regan

Implementing the Bougainville Peace Agreement. Briefing paper for Joint Assemblies Meeting - Arawa, 31 August 2001. This paper was prepared by Anthony Regan for the Bougainville Technical Team, for use in briefing the Joint Assembly meeting in Arawa on the day after the signing.

BOUGAINVILLE PEACE AGREEMENT signed at Arawa, 30 August 2001.

Awareness and Information Papers explaining the Bougainville Peace Agreement. These papers were prepared by Anthony Regan for the Bougainville Technical Team, initially for use in briefing a meeting of the Joint Bougainville Assembly (combining the assemblies of the Bougainville People's Congress and the Bougainville Interim Provincial Government) held in Arawa on 29 August 2001 (the day before the signing of the Agreement).

Paper 1. (Short awareness paper)
Paper 2. (Long awareness paper)
Paper 3. (Bogenvil Pis Agrimen)

Steps in Negotiations Towards a Proposed 'Comprehensive Political Agreement' prepared by Anthony Regan.

PeaceProcess Consultative Committee (PPCC) Resolution on Weapons Disposal. Buka,9 May 2001. (The resolution of the Peace Process Consultative Committee on weapons disposal, following on from the Rotokas Agreement.)

The Rotakas Record. Joint Bougainville Ex-combatants Agreement on Weapons Disposal. Togarau, 3 May 2001. (The agreement between the BRA and the Resistance on weapons disposal from early May.) Agreed Principles on Referendum. Kokopo, 26 January 2001. (The Kokopo Agreement on referendum.)

Loloata Understanding. Port Moresby, 23 March 2000.

The Hutjena Record. Record of a meeting between the Government of Papua New Guinea and the delegation of Bougainville, 14/15 December 1999.

Bougainville Peace Process Minute. 14 December, 1998. (This is a covering minute recording agreement of the officials who negotiated the Basic Draft Agreement in December 1998.)

Basic Draft Agreement Concerning the Bougainville Reconciliation Government (BRG). Annex 2 to the Lincoln Agreement. December, 1998. (Although this document was never signed, it provided the basis for progress in the peace process during 1999.)

Annex 1 to the Lincoln Agreement. Agreement Covering Implementation of the Ceasefire. Arawa, 30 April 1998.

Lincoln Agreement on Peace, Security and Development on Bougainville. Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 January 1998.

Protocol Concerning the Peace Monitoring Group made pursuant to the Agreement Between Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Vanuatu Concerning the Neutral Truce Monitoring Group for Bougainville. Port Moresby, 5 December 1997.

Agreement Between New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, and Vanuatu Concerning the Neutral Truce Monitoring Group for Bougainville. Port Moresby, 5 December 1997.

Cairns Commitment on Implementation of the Agreement Concerning the Neutral Regional Truce Monitoring Group (TMG) for Bougainville. Cairns, Australia, 24 November 1997.

Second Officials Preparatory Talks on Bougainville. Held in Cairns, Australia, 18-23 November 1997.

Bel Isi Noken Pait Burnham II, New Zealand. The Burnham Truce. 10 October 1997.

Burnham II Preparatory Talks Burnham Military Camp Burnham, New Zealand. 1-10 October 1997.

Closing Statement by Mr Joseph Kabui, Leader of the Bougainville Interim Government Delegation to the Bougainville Leaders Meeting, Burnham, New Zealand. 18 July 1997.

The Bougainville Leaders Meeting Burnham, Christchurch, New Zealand. Joint Communiqué. 18 July 1997.
Burnham Declaration by Bougainville leaders on the re-establishment of a process for lasting peace and justice on Bougainville - 5-18 July 1997.

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