Sources: Bougainville

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Status verified as of: 14 September 2026

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News report · Journalism

Blades, Johnny, PNG sets high threshold for ratifying Bougainville independence vote (RNZ, 11 June 2026) link

Cited on: History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status, Bougainville: recent developments · Source record
News analysis or explainer · Journalism

Blades, Johnny, Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the brink of statehood? (RNZ, 27 August 2026) link

Labelled analysis. Its statement that over 200,000 people voted in 2019 does not match the Commission’s count of 181,067 ballot papers and is not used.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status · Source record
News report · Journalism

Blades, Johnny, PNG parliament decision on Bougainville still months off at least (RNZ, 28 August 2026) link

The most recent report on the ratification process found in this research pass.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status, Bougainville: recent developments · Source record
Election authority publication · Electoral authority

Bougainville Referendum Commission, Bougainville Referendum Commission (website home page) (Bougainville Referendum Commission) link

Archived website of the Commission; gives the result figures and polling period.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status · Source record
Election authority publication · Electoral authority

Bougainville Referendum Commission, Statement from the Commission (Bougainville Referendum Commission, 11 December 2019) link

Declaration of the referendum result.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status · Source record
Election authority publication · Electoral authority

Bougainville Referendum Commission, Bougainville Referendum Commission fact sheet 1 (Bougainville Referendum Commission, File placed in the website’s May 2019 upload folder) link

Two-page public information sheet issued before the vote. Locators are PDF pages.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status · Source record
Scholarly book · Scholarly work

Braithwaite, John; Charlesworth, Hilary; Reddy, Peter and Dunn, Leah, Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment (ANU E Press, 2010), ISBN 9781921666681 link

A volume of the Peacebuilding Compared project, based on fieldwork in Bougainville. Locators are printed page numbers.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process · Source record
Government publication · Government perspective or primary official source

Government of Papua New Guinea and Autonomous Bougainville Government, Joint Communique on the Outcome of the Bougainville Referendum (UN Peacemaker (copy), 11 January 2021) link

Joint statement of the two governments opening consultations on the referendum outcome. The copy notes ReliefWeb as its source.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status · Source record
Treaty or agreement text · Government perspective or primary official source

Government of Papua New Guinea and Leaders representing the people of Bougainville, Bougainville Peace Agreement (United Nations Security Council, 23 October 2001) link

Text of the Agreement signed at Arawa on 30 August 2001, as circulated to the Security Council; copy hosted by UN Peacemaker. Locators are PDF pages of the UN document.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status · Source record
News report · Journalism

Kanu, Zara, Aug 27 is a crucial date for PNG (The National (Papua New Guinea), 21 August 2026) link

Weekender feature. It dates the Joint Supervisory Body endorsement to 6 August, where RNZ gives 5 August.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status, Bougainville: recent developments · Source record
Peer-reviewed article · Scholarly work

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

Double-blind reviewed article written before the referendum; read in the ANU Open Research copy. Locators are journal pages.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process · Source record
News report · Journalism

Persico, Christina, Bougainville sets out three-stage proposal for full independence by 2030 (RNZ, 25 June 2026) link

Quotes an ABG statement at length.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status, Bougainville: recent developments · Source record
News report · Journalism

RNZ Pacific, Bougainville’s Toroama accuses PNG of breaching Melanesian Agreement (RNZ, 19 June 2026) link

Cited on: History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status, Bougainville: recent developments · Source record
News report · Journalism

RNZ Pacific, Bougainville and Papua New Guinea decide on date for referendum result to be tabled (RNZ, 6 August 2026) link

Cited on: History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status, Bougainville: recent developments · Source record
News report · Journalism

The National, Row over Bougainville referendum. PM stands firm on three-quarter majority (The National (Papua New Guinea), 22 June 2026) link

Port Moresby daily newspaper.

Cited on: Bougainville, History of Bougainville’s independence movement and peace process, Bougainville: referendum result, agreements, implementation and status, Bougainville: recent developments · Source record