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Cease Fire – 2002

The ceasefire and Peace Monitoring Group were set in place. The 1998 ceasefire was not breached in any manner that threatened the peace process. According to the Hon. Sir Moi Avei, Minister for Bougainville Affairs (Papua New Guinea), “The commitment to the goal of peace by peaceful means displayed by ex-combatants meant that they put away many guns — and helped to convince the [Papua New Guinea] National Parliament to give their support — before the Bills to give legal effect to the Bougainville Peace Agreement were put to the vote.”¹

1. Moi Avei, “Making, Building and Sustaining Peace by Peaceful Means,” 2002, In “Weaving Consensus: The Papua New Guinea – Bougainville Peace Process”, ed. Andy Carl and Sr. Lorraine Garasu, Accord (12): http://www.c-r.org/our-work/accord/png-bougainville/making-buildiing-sus…, accessed December 1, 2010.