North Nasioi Agreement
- Country/entityPapua New Guinea
Bougainville - RegionAsia and Pacific
Asia and Pacific - Agreement nameNorth Nasioi Agreement
- Date18 Oct 1994
- Agreement statusMultiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangementYes
- Agreement/conflict levelIntrastate/intrastate conflict ()
- StagePre-negotiation/process
- Conflict natureGovernment/territory
- Peace processBougainville: peace process
- PartiesBougainville Interim Government Spokesmen; Representatives of the village Councils of Chiefs of the Central District of Bougainville; The big men of the South Nasioi, Aropa Valley and Pinei Valley; Commanders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army from the North Nasioi area of Bougainville; The representatives of women's associations and churches
- Third parties-
- DescriptionThis short agreement contains a commitment by all Parties to achieving peace in Bougainville based on 6 principles.
- Agreement document
Main category
Page 1
The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and signatures are set out below; and
... 4. The representatives of women's associations and churches
Page 1, Taking into account:
The basic aims and goals underlying the resolutions agreed to by the Bougainville Peace Conference at its meeting in Arawa on Friday the 14th day of October 1994; and
The fundamental rights and freedoms of the peoples of Bougainville; and
The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including:
... e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade;
Women, girls and gender
- Participation
No specific mention.
- Equality
No specific mention.
- Particular groups of womenParticular groups of women→Pregnancy/maternityPage 1 The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and signatures are set out below: ... 4. The representatives of women's associations and churches Page 1, The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including: ... e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade;
- International law
No specific mention.
- New institutions
No specific mention.
- Violence against womenViolence against women→OtherPage 1
The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including:
...
e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade; - Transitional justice
No specific mention.
- Institutional reform
No specific mention.
- Development
No specific mention.
- ImplementationImplementation→Signing or witnessing agreementPage 1
The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and
signatures are set out below:
...
4. The representatives of women's associations and churches - Other
No specific mention.
North Nasioi Agreement
18 October 1994
Agreement with BRA Commanders and Bougainville Interim Government Spokesmen
This agreement comprising thirteen pages of signatures is made in Arawa on the 18th day of October 1994 between:
The representatives of an independent state of Papua New Guinea whose names and signatures are set out below;
and
The representatives of the village Councils of Chiefs of the Central District of Bougainville, whose names, clans, and signatures are set out below;
and
The big men of the South Nasioi, Aropa Valley and Pinei Valley, whose names, clans and signatures are set out below;
and
The commanders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army from the North Nasioi area of Bougainville, whose names and signatures are set out below;
and
The representatives of women's associations and churches, some of whom are signing on the day the agreement is made and some of whom will sign at a later date.
Taking into account:
The basic aims and goals underlying the resolutions agreed to by the Bougainville Peace Conference at its meeting in Arawa on Friday the 14th day of October 1994;
and
The fundamental rights and freedoms of the peoples of Bougainville;
and The principles and matters of concern recognized by the parties, including:
a) The need for justice and equity;
b) The failure of all methods so far used in the earnest attempts made to solve the conflict afflicting Bougainville, which developed into violence in 1989;
c) The terrible effects and results of the blockade on the flow of goods and services to Bougainville;
d) The senseless and barbaric killing of citizens committed by all parties involved in the conflict;
e) The unnecessary deaths of innocent mothers and their babies resulting from the conflict and the blockade;
f) The total absence of formal education for so many of the children of Bougainville since 1989.
We sign this agreement in order to record that we commit ourselves to achieving peace in Bougainville in accordance with the resolutions of the Bougainville Peace Conference in Arawa on Friday 14 October 1994.
The representatives of the village Councils of Chiefs and the commanders of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army who sign this agreement also record here that they accept Theodore Miriung as the Interim Chairman of the North Nasioi Village Council of Chiefs.