Disarmament – 2001

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Disarmament – 2001

2001

Minimum Implementation Minimal implementation

On May 9 the Peace Process Consultative Committee endorsed the Resolution on Weapons Disposal of the BPA.1 Stages I and II of the weapons disposal program commenced. Stage I consisted of placing weapons in small containers. Stage II involved placing those small containers into larger shipping containers. Factional unit commanders, verified by the UNOMB, controlled containers. The Peace Monitoring Group (PMG) also monitored them regularly.

  1. Natascha Spark and Jackie Bailey, “Disarmament in Bougainville: ‘guns in boxes,'” International Peacekeeping, 12(4): 601, 2005.