On 7 July 2021, it was announced that Bougainville will become independent by the end of 2027 pending approval of the PNG parliament.
Papua New Guinea and the Autonomous Bougainville Government have recently agreed to a timetable that will transfer many governmental responsibilities by 2023, and establish full independence in 2027.
In 1949 the Territory of New Guinea, including Bougainville, merged with the Australian Territory of Papua, forming the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, a United Nations Trust Territory under Australian administration.
Bougainville and Papua New Guinea signed a peace agreement in 2001 and later established the Autonomous Bougainville Government. In 2019, an overwhelming 97.7% of Bougainvillean voters chose independence in a nonbinding referendum (partially funded by the United States).
Do not travel to: Southern Bougainville, particularly areas near the Panguna mine, due to civil unrest.
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Toroama has reiterated in recent months that the two governments have established a timeline for Bougainville's independence no later than 2027 — but Marape believes the 2027 deadline is for a settlement, not necessarily independence.
In 2019, a non-binding independence referendum was held with 98.31% voting for independence rather than continued autonomy within Papua New Guinea. As a result, the regional authorities intend to become independent between 2025 and 2027.
In July this year, the governments of PNG and Bougainville reached an agreement on a roadmap to Bougainvillean independence; the autonomous region will become a country at some point after 2025 and no later than 2027, as long as the Papua New Guinea parliament ratifies the referendum results.
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Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea (PNG), has been inhabited by humans for at least 29,000 years, according to artefacts found in Kilu Cave on Buka Island.
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The newest nation in the world as of early 2022 is South Sudan, which split from Sudan in 2011. However, the Pacific island of Bougainville voted in 2021 to separate from Papua New Guinea by 2027, and several additional territories and unrecognized countries are well on their way to achieving independence themselves.
Bougainville is an island country of the Pacific Ocean made up of several islands. The territory belongs to Papua New Guinea since the independence of that country in 1975. Bougainville is the easternmost insular region of Papua New Guinea.
The referendum question was a choice between greater autonomy within Papua New Guinea and full independence; voters voted overwhelmingly (98.31%) for independence. Do you agree for Bougainville to have: Greater autonomy. Independence.
THE Autonomous Bougainville Government is set to change its name to the Bougainville Constitutional Transitional Government to reflect the people's vote for independence.
New Guinea island has been divided in to two roughly equal halves by a mixture of legacy colonialism and cold-war geopolitics. With the eastern part forming the “mainland” of the independent country of Papua New Guinea (PNG). While the western half became part of Indonesia in 1969.
The Bougainville Peace Agreement
Almost 98% of voters backed independence, with just over 2% voting to remain part of Papua New Guinea with 'greater autonomy'. This vote marks a key moment in the Bougainville peace process, but does not mark the end of the process.
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