• Country/entity

  Bougainville
  United Nations
  

• Region

  Asia and Pacific
  Cross-regional
  

• Agreement name

  Statement by the President of the Security Council

• Date

  22 Apr 1998

• Agreement status

  Unilateral document

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Interstate/intrastate conflict(s) ( Bougainville Conflict (1987 - 1998) )

• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Bougainville: peace process

• Parties

  The United Nations Security Council

• Third parties

  -

• Description

  -

• Agreement document

  PG_980422_Statement by the President of the Security Council.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

At the 3874th meeting of the Security Council, held on 22 April 1998, inconnection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled "Letter dated31 March 1998 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i.

of the Permanent Mission of PapuaNew Guinea to the United Nations addressed to the President of the SecurityCouncil", the President of the Security Council made the following statement onbehalf of the Council:

"The Security Council, taking note of the development of theBougainville conflict, strongly supports the Agreement on Peace, Securityand Development on Bougainville, signed at Lincoln University, New Zealand,on 23 January 1998 (the Lincoln Agreement), contained in documentS/1998/287, achieved by the Government of Papua New Guinea, theBougainville Transitional Government, the Bougainville Resistance Force,the Bougainville Interim Government, the Bougainville Revolutionary Armyand the Bougainville leaders, with regard to a ceasefire among conflictingparties.

"The Security Council welcomes the extension of the period of truce,and welcomes further a permanent and irrevocable ceasefire which will takeeffect on 30 April 1998 as stipulated in the Lincoln Agreement.

"The Security Council encourages all parties to cooperate in promotingreconciliation, so that the objectives of the Lincoln Agreement can be met,and urges all parties to continue to cooperate in accordance with theLincoln Agreement, namely, to achieve and maintain peace, to renounce theuse of armed force and violence, to resolve any differences byconsultation, both now and in the future, and to confirm their respect forhuman rights and the rule of law.

"The Security Council commends the efforts of countries in the regionfor the resolution of the conflict, and welcomes the establishment, asoutlined in the Lincoln Agreement, of the peace monitoring group composedof civilian and military personnel from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand andVanuatu, the mandate of which is to monitor the implementation of the saidAgreement.

"The Security Council notes that the Lincoln Agreement calls for theUnited Nations to play a role in Bougainville, and requests the Secretary-General to consider the composition and financial modalities of suchinvolvement by the United Nations.

"The Security Council will remain seized of the matter."

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