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Bougainville Inches Closer to Independence
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Formal talks moderated by the United Nations are to begin Monday in the next stage in Bougainville’s efforts to achieve independence from Papua New Guinea. After years of secessionist conflict and a long peace process, an overwhelming majority of Bougainvilleans voted to breakaway in 2019. Bougainville is north-east of Australia.
97.7% of voters in Bougainville chose to break away from Papua New Guinea in a referendum 18-months ago.
The result highlighted deep-rooted support for independence in Bougainville, a chain of islands almost 1,000 kilometers northwest of Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby.
But the result was non-binding and experts have said talks beginning Monday and moderated by the United Nations are a significant step.
Power politics lies behind how new countries are born – or not History shows a resounding referendum – like recently in Bougainville – is not alone in deciding future independence.
Voting information pamphlets at a polling station in Buka ahead of the November 2019 independence vote in Bougainville (Ness Kerton/AFP via Getty Images) Published 28 Apr 2021 06:00 0 Comments
Routledge Handbook of State Recognition (Routledge 2019)
At the school hall in Buka, in that heady hour after the declaration of Bougainville’s referendum result in December 2019 – a thumping 97.7% in favour of independence – journalists from around the world dialled me up looking for some local flavour. Each asked variants of two questions: Are we witnessing the beginning of the newest country in the world, and “Can you find us a Bougainvillean to speak with”?