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Reintegration – 2003

Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Danilo Turk, told the Security Council on March 30, 2003, that the, “UNPOB is looking to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other United Nations agencies to take the lead in promoting activities on the island that could facilitate the reintegration and rehabilitation of former combatants and, more generally, the restoration of community services and infrastructure. The UNDP programme in Bougainville is in a transition phase, and UNPOB is holding consultations with the UNDP aimed at ensuring that its valuable contribution to post-conflict peace-building, including the improvement of governance on the island, is sustained.”¹ Reintegration remained one of the most important issues in 2003.

1. “UN Security Council told peace agreement between Papua New Guinea, Bougainville can be fully implemented by year’s end, despite serious obstacles – Part 1 of 2,” M2 PRESSWIRE, March 31, 2003.