Constitutional change
Establishment of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, 2005
Under a constitution adopted in 2004, Bougainville elected its first autonomous government, led by President Joseph Kabui.
What happened
After the PNG Parliament passed implementing constitutional laws in 2002, a Constitution of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville was adopted by a constituent assembly in November 2004.[1][2] The Autonomous Bougainville Government was established in 2005 following an election won by Joseph Kabui.[3] The weapons disposal process was completed the same year.[4]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: The PNG Defence Force withdrew in 2001, and constitutional laws implementing the Agreement, drafted jointly, were passed by the PNG Parliament in 2002.
- Braithwaite, John; Charlesworth, Hilary; Reddy, Peter and Dunn, Leah, Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment (ANU E Press, 2010), ISBN 9781921666681 link, p. 56. Source record
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Claim: A Constitution of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville was drafted between 2002 and 2004 by a representative commission and adopted by the Bougainville Constituent Assembly in November 2004.
- Levy, Ron; Simpson, Amelia; O’Flynn, Ian and Flaherty, Georgina, Designing Referendums for Peacemaking: The Case of Bougainville, Australasian Parliamentary Review (Australasian Study of Parliament Group, 2018) link, p. 12. Source record
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Claim: An Autonomous Bougainville Government was established within Papua New Guinea in 2005, after an election in which Joseph Kabui became President.
- Braithwaite, John; Charlesworth, Hilary; Reddy, Peter and Dunn, Leah, Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment (ANU E Press, 2010), ISBN 9781921666681 link, pp. 9 and 56. Source record
- Levy, Ron; Simpson, Amelia; O’Flynn, Ian and Flaherty, Georgina, Designing Referendums for Peacemaking: The Case of Bougainville, Australasian Parliamentary Review (Australasian Study of Parliament Group, 2018) link, p. 12. Source record
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Claim: The three stages of the agreed weapons disposal process were completed in May 2005; by then 1,900 weapons had been destroyed and the UN observer mission had certified that the third stage was complete.
- Braithwaite, John; Charlesworth, Hilary; Reddy, Peter and Dunn, Leah, Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment (ANU E Press, 2010), ISBN 9781921666681 link, pp. 62–63. Source record