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Dispute Resolution Committee – 2005

The “PNG government issued official invitations for [an] international delegation to observe the first general election for the autonomous government for Bougainville. [The] Cabinet made this decision after a joint submission by the minister for foreign affairs and immigration, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, and Minister for Inter-Government Relations Sir Peter Barter, following discussions with Bougainville leaders in the interim joint supervisory body in March.”¹

1. “Papau New Guinea Invites International Observers to Bougainville Polls, BBC Monitoring International Reports, April 7, 2005.