Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 20:02:29 +0100 (MET)
Subject: M-G: Bougainville Update - 4/2/97


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>Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 00:48:01 +1100
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>From: Sasha Baer <sashab-AT-magna.com.au>
>Subject: Bougainville Update - 4/2/97
>
>Optimistic sign of progress towards peace in Bougainville
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>Radio Australia, Tuesday 4 February, 1997 (3:26am AEDT)
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>
>The Australian based spokesman for the Bougainville Independence movement,
>Moses Havini, claims his side is now prepared to hold discussions with the
>Papua New Guinea Government anytime, anywhere.
>
>Sean Dorney reports that the two sides last met in 1994 but there are
>encouraging signs this year could be one of progress towards solving the
>Bougainville crisis.
>
>Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Sir Julius Chan, made the first move
>suggesting it's time his Government reviewed its past policies on
>Bougainville. The Sydney based spokesman for the Bougainville Revolutionary
>Army, Moses Havini, has welcomed this saying the BRA and its political arm,
>the BIG, are ready to meet with the PNG Government anytime, anywhere to
>explore a peaceful resolution for 1997. There are conditions -
>international mediators and the deployment of a neutral security force on
>Bougainville under a UN mandate. That's not what Sir Julius has in mind.
>But these tentative moves are a positive sign - one many Bougainvilleans
>have been praying for. 
>
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>Contact Details:
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>Vikki John (BFM)     +61-2-9558-2730   email: V.john-AT-uts.edu.au
>Moses Havini (BIG)   +61-2-9804-7632
>Max Watts            +61-2-9818-2343   email: MWATTS-AT-fisher.biz.usyd.edu.au
>(Journalist specialising in Bougainville, East Timor and West Papua issues)
>
>Bougainville Freedom Movement
>P.O. Box 134, Erskineville, NSW 2043, Australia
>
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>Regards Sasha
>
>
>Sasha Baer
>International Amateur Radio Network
>Bougainville Freedom Movement
>Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol
>Mobile: +61-0419-433-702
>sashab-AT-magna.com.au
>http://www.magna.com.au/~sashab/
>
>





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