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Date:         Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:38:42 +1000
From:         lulu@COOMBS.ANU.EDU.AU
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(2) THE BOUGAINVILLE CRISIS - 1991 UPDATE
Politican and Social Change Monograph 16
Matthew Spriggs and Donald Denoon, editors

228 pp; 255x150mm
ISBN 1 86333 061 5
Price: A$16.00 plus:
        $A5.00 postage and packing (Australia)
        A$7.00 (other countries)

The crisis in Bougainville has become the most serious issue in the affairs
of the Western Pacific. 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 o f the mining complex in the
1960s) and promoted by the remoteness of the islands from the rest of Papua
New Guinea. The crisis has Australian dimensions; the Commonwealth
government cannot be neutral since it provides a declining but still
significant portion of Papua New Guinea revenue and logistic support for
the Papua New Guinea Defence Force. Many of the relevant aid agencies are
also based in Australia or organize their efforts here. It is critically
important therefore that Australians be accurately informed of events and
conditions in Bougainville. Media coverage is at best uneven. The blockade
of the island has made information scarce, erratic and unreliable. Clarity
is also obscured by the fact that different policies are pursued by
competing sections of the Papua New Guinea cabinet, and different stances
have been adopted by the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, the Interim
Government, and an increasing number of smaller organizations in
Bougainville. It is this dearth of accurate information which led to the
organization of a second ANU conference on Bougainville in May 1991,
bringing together various and disparate voices and perspectives on the
crisis.

CONTENTS;
1. The Bougainville crisis: opening address (John Langmore, MP,
Commonwealth of Australia)
2. Bougainville update: August 1990 to May 1991 (Matthew Spriggs)
3. The impact of the Bougainville crisis on the women of Buka (Pauline
Onsa)
4. The health and social situation on Bougainville (Lissa Evans)
5. Reassessing the economic impacts of the Bougainville crisis, 1991 (Ethan
Weisman)
6. Economic adjustment to the Bougainville crisis (Andrew Elek)
7. Bougainville: the future for the mining operation (Don Carruthers)
8. The non-review of the Bougainville Copper Agreement (Terence
Wesley-Smith)
9. The escalation of disintegration and the reinvention of authority (Colin
Filer)
10. The current situation on Bougainville (Michael Ogio, MP - PNG
Government)
11. The Bougainville crisis two years on: Australian policy (Michael
Thawley)
12. Reflections on the Bougainville conflict: underlying causes and
conditions for a resolution (Graeme Kemelfield)
13. A Bougainvillean perspective on the crisis (Moses Havini)
14. The need for a multidisciplinary supervisory team on Bougainville and
Buka (Matthew Spriggs)
15. Bougainville update; May 1991 to October 1991 (Matthew Spriggs)

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Orders for this book may be addressed to: Bev Fraser, Dept of Political and
Social Change, RSPacS, ANU, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: (06) 249 5915; fax: (06) 257 1893; e-mail (Internet):
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Lulu Turner
Dept of Political & Social Change
Research School of Pacific Studies
Australian National University
GPO Box 4, Canberra  ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

tel: (06) 249 0173
fax: (06) 257 1893
e-mail (Internet): lulu@coombs.anu.edu.au
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