Rotokas Record Explained

The Rotokas Record was a weapons surrender agreement involving the Bougainville Resistance Force and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army and the Papua New Guinean government. It was signed on May 3, 2001.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The weapons surrender agreement was part of a larger peace process between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville after Bougainville attempted to secede from Papua New Guinea.

Notes and References

1. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/may2001/png-m23.shtml Papua New Guinea government obtains shaky weapons disposal pact in Bougainville
2. http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20010509/news10.htm Arms surrender today
3. The Rotokas Record, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM), Australian National University. Accessed on line March 4, 2008.