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Maze, Kerry and Yvette Issar. 2009 ‘Case Study of the South Pacific: PNG: Bougainville.’ International Assistance for Implementing the UN Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (UNPoA), p. 13. Geneva: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research / UNIDIR. 17 November
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Bougainville
The Director of the National Coordination Office for Bougainville Affairs states, "I believe we have more guns on the island than when we signed [the peace agreement] in 2001".(48)
Increasingly, a higher number of arms-related incidents are being reported and vehicle inspections yield more guns in cars than in earlier phases of the peace process.(49)
Sources cited:
48) Interview with Bill Dhim, Director, and John Tangu, Peace Liaison Officer, National Coordination Office for Bougainville Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Port Moresby, 23 October 2008.
49) Idem.
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