North Nasioi Agreement

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Country/entity: Papua New Guinea
Bougainville
Region: Asia and Pacific
Agreement name: North Nasioi Agreement
Date: 18 Oct 1994
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Bougainville Conflict (1987 - 1998)
The conflict on Bougainville, an island under the jurisdiction of Papua New Guinea (PNG), began in 1987 as a dispute over compensation for the use of land by Bougainville Copper Ltd, a an Australian subsidiary. The underlying issue of independence soon emerged and the conflict escalated between the government of PNG and the native islanders, in turn spearheaded by the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA). Until fighting ended in 1998, an estimated 20,000 died in the conflict. Several pre-negotiation agreements culminated in an agreement to a ‘permanent and irrevocable’ ceasefire, and a framework for normalizing the PNG-Bourgainville relationship, which included elections.
Stage: Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature: Government/territory
Peace process: Bougainville: peace process
Parties: Bougainville Interim Government Spokesmen; Representatives of the village Councils of Chiefs of the Central District of Bougainville; The big men of the South Nasioi, Aropa Valley and Pinei Valley; Commanders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army from the North Nasioi area of Bougainville; The representatives of women's associations and churches
Third parties: -
Description: This short agreement contains a commitment by all Parties to achieving peace in Bougainville based on 6 principles.

Agreement document: PG_941018_North Nasioi Agreement.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

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The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and signatures are set out below; and
... 4. The representatives of women's associations and churches

Page 1, Taking into account:
The basic aims and goals underlying the resolutions agreed to by the Bougainville Peace Conference at its meeting in Arawa on Friday the 14th day of October 1994; and
The fundamental rights and freedoms of the peoples of Bougainville; and
The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including:
... e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade;

Women, girls and gender

Participation: No specific mention.
Equality: No specific mention.
Particular groups of women: Particular groups of women→Pregnancy/maternity
Page 1 The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and signatures are set out below: ... 4. The representatives of women's associations and churches Page 1, The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including: ... e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade;
International law: No specific mention.
New institutions: No specific mention.
Violence against women: Violence against women→Other
Page 1
The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including:
...
e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade;
Transitional justice: No specific mention.
Institutional reform: No specific mention.
Development: No specific mention.
Implementation: Implementation→Signing or witnessing agreement
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The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and
signatures are set out below:
...
4. The representatives of women's associations and churches
Other: No specific mention.

North Nasioi Agreement

18 October 1994

Agreement with BRA Commanders and Bougainville Interim Government Spokesmen

This agreement comprising thirteen pages of signatures is made in Arawa on the 18th day of October 1994 between:

The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and signatures are set out below;

and

The representatives of the village Councils of Chiefs of the Central District of Bougainville, whose names, clans, and signatures are set out below;

and

The big men of the South Nasioi, Aropa Valley and Pinei Valley, whose names, clans and signatures are set out below;

and

The commanders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army from the North Nasioi area of Bougainville, whose names and signatures are set out below;

and

The representatives of women's associations and churches, some of whom are signing on the day the agreement is made and some of whom will sign at a later date.

Taking into account:

The basic aims and goals underlying the resolutions agreed to by the Bougainville Peace Conference at its meeting in Arawa on Friday the 14th day of October 1994;

and

The fundamental rights and freedoms of the peoples of Bougainville;

and The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including:

a) The need for justice and equity;

b) The failure of all methods so far used in the earnest attempts made to solve the conflict afflicting Bougainville, which developed into violence in 1989;

c) The terrible effects and results of the blockade on the flow of goods and services to Bougainville;

d) The senseless and barbaric killing of citizens committed by all parties involved in the conflict;

e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade;

f) The total absence of formal education for so many of the children of Bougainville since 1989.

We sign this agreement in order to record that we commit ourselves to achieving peace in Bougainville in accordance with the resolutions of the Bougainville Peace Conference in Arawa on Friday 14 October 1994.

The representatives of the village Councils of Chiefs and the commanders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army who sign this agreement also record here that they accept Theodore Miriung as the Interim Chairman of the North Nasioi Village Council of Chiefs.