Despite this, there has been no assessment of the mental health and psychosocial mhps impact of the war. Opening address to the bougainville crisis 1991 update conference the hon. To understand bougainville and its path ahead, it is essential to. Regan introduction the 50year relationship between largescale mining lsm and locallevel politics in bougainville has been complex and fraught. Constitution of the autonomous region of bougainville.
The origins of the conflict deep in the crown prince ranges of central bougainville, the roar and hum of the worlds largest opencut copper mine had not yet fallen silent. The bougainville crisis 19881997 was the largest armed conflict in the pacific since wwii. This paper will provide first an update of the bougain ville crisis to is november i99i, two and a half years after the giant. Now also available here as pdf 4mb of the original. Bougainville, crisis, civil war, combatant, reconcilia on, gang, panguna. The first largescale mine in what is now papua new guinea png, it closed in 1989, early in a violent conflict that lasted from 1988 to 1997 regan 1998, 2011. Bougainville attracted european interest because of its beauty, the aggressive fighting qualities of some of its coastal groups in. The mental health and psychosocial impact of the bougainville. Pdf the bougainville rebellion, the mining industry and the.
Bougainville 19911993 soldiers of the papua amnesty international. The economic causes and consequences of the bougainville crisis. The bougainville crisis and politics in papua new guinea core. John langmore, mp the bougainville crisis is the most acute and complex conflict in this region at present. Nov 12, 2014 the fate of the people who went missing during the bougainville crisis remains unknown, which has caused great anguish and uncertainty for their families v. Origins of the conflict, and debating the future of largescale mining anthony j. The world 71 the economic causes and consequences of the bougainville crisis wide economic recession in the mid1970s was reflected in png by a decline in both demand and the price for copper, making for a revenue loss.
The conflict was described by bougainvillean president john. Its 9,438 square kilometers constitute about two percent of papua new guinea. The origins of the conflict conciliation resources. The aim of this paper is to summarize the available data regarding the longerterm mhps impact of the bougainville crisis. Pdf on aug 1, 1992, matthew spriggs and others published bougainvilles crisis explained find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. In 1989 in bougainville, papua new guinea, a copper mine coowned by an australian mining. Pdf the mental health and psychosocial impact of the.
Thebougainville crisis andpolitics in papua newguinea. In exploring the rich environmental, cultural and social heritage of bougainville before the conflict, this collection provides an insight into the longterm causes of the crisis. While having received reasonably significant coverage from the. As for their concerns, a useful summary appears in the minutes of a 26 may. The economic causes and consequences of the bougainville crisis herb thompson papua new guinea has, until most recently, shown all the signs of a newly independent developing economy on the move. The genus bougainvillea, in the nyctinaginacea fouroclock family of plants, has 14 species, with three that are horticulturally important. The autonomous region of bougainville, which includes the islands of bougainville, buka, and an array of smaller atolls, is located in oceania just east of mainland papua new guinea, from which it is not yet fully independent. Disarmament, demobilization and reinsertion of former combatants in transitions from war to peace, journal of peace research, vol. Bougainville rebellion, the mining industry and the process. Published in radical scotland, 44, aprmay 1990, edinburgh, pp. Matthew spriggs and donald denoon anu pacific institute. Mental health and psychosocial impacts and the need for services david tierney, paul bolton, barnabas.
This paper was written after a project evaluation visit to bougainville and the solomon islands in 1989. On the eve of papua new guineas independence in 1975 there were many both within the country and outside who predicted political anarchy, with the possibility of an army coup or authoritarian singleparty dominance, and economic collapse. The lack of a general history makes understanding the conflict a daunting prospect for the beginner, and the more specialised literature usually assumes a very great deal of knowledge about papua new guinean politics and history and about. The economic causes and consequences of the bougainville. Bougainville, perspectives on a crisis coral bell school.
Dec 22, 2012 download this paper pdf introducing the bougainville crisis within its global context. The solomon archipelago and bougainville had been sighted. Bougainville, an autonomous region of papua new guinea png, has been inhabited by humans for at least 29,000 years, according to artefacts found in kilu cave on buka island. The mental health and psychosocial impact of the bougainville crisis.
The philosopher george santayana once famously observed that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Papua new guinea is a nation of six million people that has regional geopolitical significance, sharing a. Tragically, it is as the site of devastating civil conflict that bougainville is perhaps best known. The crisis, the peace agreement and the promised referendum.
Origins of the bougainville conflict is an excerpt from the twopart documentary paradise imperfect made in 2000 paradise imperfect in 2000 the abcs pacific correspondent sean dorney travelled to the war zones of bougainville to look at the impact of the nine year secessionist conflict and the fragile peace process. The crisis in bougainville has become the most serious issue in the affairs of the western pacific. Mental health and psychosocial impacts and the need for services david tierney, paul bolton, barnabas matanu, lorraine garasu, essah barnabas, and derrick silove. Brief history of the autonomous region of bougainville arb the bougainville peace agreement bpa signed in 2001, at the arawa independence oval is a joint creation by the independent state of papua new guinea png and the leaders of bougainville to resolve the bougainville crisis. The bougainville crisis abstract opposition to mining development at the bougainville mine in papua new guineas north solomons province was a major factor in the emergence of a secessionist movement on bougainville in the late 1960s.
Separatist sentiment has always been significant, fuelled by perceived ethnic traits distinguishing bougainvilleans from other papua new guineans, exacerbated by neglect of the region during most of the colonial period until the development of the mining. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle. The bougainville crisis this paper was written in 1990, in what proved to be an early stage of the bougainville conflict, and describes the origins of the conflict it draws on a 1989 consultancy report by the author. Origins of the bougainville conflict australian history. State crime state terror and the bougainville conflict. The region is named after bougainville island, the largest island of the solomon islands archipelago, but also contains a number of smaller islands. Conflict dynamics of the bougainville crisis submitted on september 28th 2015 by conrad joseph molden 201201737 in completion of the masters degree in. Bougainville, perspectives on a crisis coral bell school of. For all that has been written about it, the bougainville crisis risks becoming obscure in plain sight. The bougainville civil war, also known as the bougainville conflict, was a multilayered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the north solomons province of papua new guinea png between png and the secessionist forces of the bougainville revolutionary army bra, and between the bra and other armed groups on bougainville. The bougainville conflict often known as the bougainville. Painting memories and experiences of the bougainville crisis 19882001. Mark knight and alpaslan ozerdem, guns, camps and cash.
Brief history of the autonomous region of bougainville arb 1. Soldiers of the papua new guinea defence force pngdf above the bougainville copper. Bougainville is the only place in the world where host community violence has resulted. The fate of the people who went missing during the bougainville crisis remains unknown, which has caused great anguish and uncertainty for their families v. Australian accents echoed through the offices of bougainville copper limited bcl and drifted across the tennis courts of arawa in the neat, flat coastal capital which had. The island of bougainville, in the solomon archipelago fig.
Origins of the bougainville crisis alastair mcintosh. Request pdf panguna and the bougainville crisis this chapter applies the books spatial sensibility to provide a fresh perspective on the bougainville conflict and the role that the panguna. However, since november 1988 the nation has been overshadowed by the most serious national crisis since independence in 1975. Origins of the conflict, and debating the future of. According to mr ona, the rebels also sought to break away from papua new guinea as the only way to save the lives of our people in bougainville. Article about the social causes of the bougainville crisis. Thebougainville crisis andpolitics in papua newguinea yawsaffu in its sixteenth year of independent statehood, the political regime in papua new guinea png remains a vibrant liberal democracy of the westminster parliamentary type with extensive devolution of powers to nineteen provincial governments, each with its own elected assembly and. Bougainville, perspectives on a crisis pdf, 49mb 49. Such fears appeared to have been justified when in 1975 both the north solomons bougainville and papua unilaterally declared their. Located 1,000 kilometers east of the mainland national capital of port moresby, bougainville is the most remote of papua new guineas 19 provinces. It consists of two large islands, bougainville 8,646 square kilometers and buka 598 square kilometers, separated by a narrow passage, as well as many smaller islands.