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 Referendum a key issue at upcoming JSB meeting
By Anthony Kaybing

Bougainville’s referendum on independence will be the key issue of discussion at the Joint Supervisory Board (JSB) meeting to be held on 2 October in East New Britain Province..............

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....hier wird der 20. October genannt.

Bougainville’s Referendum will be the key issue of discussion in the next Joint Supervisory Board Meeting to be held on 20th October in the East New Britain Province......  

It is now official that the 26th of this month, October, is the date for the Joint Supervisory Board Meeting (JSB) to be held in Port Moresby.

The meeting will be attended by delegates and officials from both the National and ABG governments.

LD

https://ramumine.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/...nister-seeks-to-clarify/

A senior Government Minister says as Bougainvilleans we should be asking ourselves where we are from and where we are heading to.

Finance and Treasury Minister. Albert Punghau made this comment when revealing his liking for the re-opening of the Panguna Copper Mine.

Mr. Punghau said it has always been his desire that the mine be opened because it is the only major revenue earner from Bougainville and its people.

He said Bougainville has not really benefited from its operations saying it has been used by outsiders as a milking cow.

Minister Punghau said Australia and Papua New Guinea have used the mine as Papua New Guinea’s cow that help get its independence.

MR. PUNGHAU said that without Panguna Bougainville will not get its independence.

He said Bougainville will need money from the mine to sustain itself for the future.
 

Wie die Menschen auf der Insel Bougainville mit den Auswirkungen des Bürgerkriegs um die Kupfermine von Panguna kämpfen

https://www.torial.com/christian.selbherr/portfolio/95144  

......@Tomm001 danke für den Hinweis auf die Artikel im
Missio Magazin Pdf   :-)))

hier ein paar Auszüge aus:  Seite 28/31 speziell Panguna betreffend, ich finde besonders interessant da die Einschätzungen von quasi neutraler Position stammen und inhaltlich heute genau so aktuell sind.

.........die verantwortlichen Manager
von BCL in Australien und in
Papua-Neuguineas Hauptstadt Port
Moresby sprechen davon, dass sie
etwa drei Milliarden australische
Dollar, also 2,5 Milliarden Euro
investieren wollen, um die Mine zu
erneuern. Wer bereit ist, soviel Geld
einzusetzen, rechnet offenbar mit
einem richtig großen Profit. Insgesamt hält die Firma BCL noch sie
ben Lizenzen für verschiedene Ab -
baugebiete auf Bougainville. Auch
in Europa warten einige darauf, dass
sich ihr Engagement in Panguna
endlich auszahlt. Der Deutsche
Axel G. Sturm vertritt die Interes-
sen europäischer BCL-Aktionäre
und fordert lautstark die Wiederer-
öffnung der Mine. .......... Etwa drei Jahre würde
es wohl dauern von einer Entschei-
dung für den Neustart bis zum tat-
sächlichen Produktionsbeginn in
Panguna,  schreiben Bergbau-Ex-
perten aus Australien.
„Wenn sich die Menschen und
unsere Regierung wirklich entschei-
den, die Mine wieder aufzuma-
chen,“ sagt Bischof Unabali, „dann
wollen wir besser vorbereitet sein.“
Aber dazu müssten die Wunden der
Vergangenheit erst noch heilen.
Bischof Unabali ist gerade dabei, einen
ehrgeizigen Pastoralplan auszuarbeiten, der Lösungen für die Herausforderungen des Wiederaufbaus bieten
soll. „Die Probleme sind so um -
fassend, deshalb müssen wir als Kir che auch eine möglichst umfassende
Lösung anbieten,“ sagt Unabali.
Man könne einige der  alten
Kokosplantagen wiederbeleben, die
noch aus der deutschen und australischen Kolonialzeit stammen, sagt
der Bischof. „Außerdem haben wir
in den letzten beiden Jahren über
30 000 neue Kakaobäume gepflanzt.“
...........Im Hintergrund warten
Aktionäre aufs große Geschäft
Doch es bleibt dabei: Nichts ver-
spricht mehr Reichtum, als die Edel-
metalle aus den Bergen. John
Momis, früherer katholischer Prie-
ster und heute Präsident der Auto-
nomieregierung von Bougainville,
liebäugelt mit einem chinesischen
Investment. Er war einmal Botschaf-
ter Papua-Neuguineas in Peking,
und hat offenbar gute Kontakte
geknüpft. „Aber da muss man sehr
vorsichtig sein,“ sagt Bischof Un -
abali. ............missio magazin 5/2012
31 „Unsere Kul tur kennt viele
solcher Versöhnungsrituale,“ erläu
tert Bischof Unabali. „Die müssen
wir nutzen, wenn wir einen dauer-
haften Frieden wollen.“
Im Grunde ist es das, was die
Menschen auf Bougainville auch
von der Firma BCL erwarten: eine
ehrlich gemeinte Geste der Versöh-
nung. Sie fordern das Eingeständnis,
dass die Minengesellschaft sich
falsch verhalten hat; eine Entschul-
digung, ja, vielleicht sogar das
Bekenntnis, dass die seit Jahren kur-
sierenden Gerüchte wahr sind und
BCL/Rio Tinto tatsächlich damals
den Krieg gegen die Menschen von
Bougainville mitfinanziert haben.
Vorher wollen die Landbesitzer
von einer Wiedereröffnung der Mine
noch nichts wissen. „BCL ist sehr
erpicht darauf, noch einmal mit uns
zu verhandeln,“ sagt Philip Meuka.
„Aber dafür ist es zu spät“. Trotzdem
betont der Landbesitzer, was viele
denken: „Wenn die Mine wieder
geöffnet wird, dann wollen wir keine
neue Firma. Wir wollen, dass BCL
zurück kommt. Es gibt noch so viele
Versprechungen, die sie noch zu
erfüllen haben.“.......Erst Versöhnung, und dann ist
ein neuer Anfang möglich.......

 

........The Minister stated that the project has since stalled due to landowner issues and the funding agency has now indicated that the funds earmarked for the Buka Airport project would be diverted to other airports ??? in the country if the landowner issue is not resolved quickly.............5.10.215

....da müssen doch die Alarmglocken schrillen !! :-((

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Quelle:

 

Was meinst Du mit Alarmglocken?

Ich denke da gehts um die Landeigner vom Buka Flughafen und die haben nichts mit der Mine zu tun - oder?  

@ Tom001

...in der Region. Es muß ja nicht immer nach dem Motto gehandelt werden 3 Schritte vor zweie zurück.
Angesagt ist der Powermodus einen Schritt >nach dem anderen > vorwärts > .
Die gute Infrastruktur, die ja schon mal bestand, wieder herstellen und das zügig. Da ist Buka nicht unwichtig :-)))  

ach so - na klar, das ist natürlich die richtige Sichtweise.  

By Tom Kathoa

ABG Vice President and Minister for Referendum, Veterans Affairs and Peace, Hon. Patrick Nisira comfortably says his new ministry will deliver the referendum on time.

The Vice President said this would be achieved together with the partnership of the Papua New Guinea Government.

He said the upcoming Joint Supervisory Body Meeting in Port Moresby later this month will decide the referendum date and year, although President Momis has proposed 2019 to be the year for Bougainvilleans to vote.

Minister Nisira said his ministry is now dealing with outstanding reconciliations, weapons disposal and former combatant’s reintegration and delivering the Bougainville referendum.

The Vice President said the government’s aim is to create a credible, transparent, and all inclusive process that will deliver peaceful outcomes that all stakeholders will respect and accept.

http://www.bcl.com.pg/...nville-leads-the-way-with-historic-election/

Dame Carol Kidu has called 2015 Autonomous Bougainville Government election an historic occasion and she has congratulated all winning candidates in the Bougainville House of Representatives.

“Josephine Getsi’s election to the Peit open seat was a historic and courageous achievement not just for Bougainville but for Papua New Guinea,” Dame Carol said.

Dame Carol is a former senior PNG politician and a current member of the Bougainville Copper Limited board.

“The Bougainville House of Representatives has led the way in the Pacific region by enacting affirmative measures to ensure public representation of vulnerable groups,” she said.

Dame Carol admitted she was previously sceptical of affirmative action but was happy to see that it has been effective in Bougainville.

“There has always been a certain degree of apprehension on my part that affirmative action could have a backlash to discourage voters from considering women or other vulnerable groups as candidates for open electorates,” she said.

“The election of Josephine Getsi in an open constituency has shown that my apprehension was not based in reality.”

Ms Getsi has since been appointed as Minister for Community Development in the Autonomous Bougainville Government.

“It is very important to remember that all elected members have equal voting and decision-making rights in Parliament.  They fought an election and won their right to represent the people – all people – women and men, ex-combatants and non-ex-combatants.

“When they enter the House of Representatives, they enter as Bougainvillean people who will bring different perspectives to Parliament so it makes their House truly a representative democracy.”

Dame Carol hopes that in the future other vulnerable groups, particularly people with disabilities, will be represented.

“It is estimated globally that 10% of people live with some form of disability and, in the developing world, this percentage is higher because of limited medical intervention,” she said.

“Perhaps the Bougainville House of Representatives could lead the way again in PNG and the Pacific by affirmative action to promote the rights and the voice of people with disabilities.”  

https://businessmail06.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/delicious-worm/

[...]The noodle worm is cooked by boiling it or wrapping it up in leaves for smoking over the  fire.

sieht irgendwie gewöhnungsbedürftig aus.
 

....hier sagt man  dazu Wattwurm. Frisch und lebendig ein hervorragender Köder auf Scholle und Kabeljau........

...im Leben lernt man halt immer dazu und besonders viel auf unserer Insel im Pazifik. Noch ca. 10 Tg. bis zum 26 - zigsten :-))  

Vortrag: Leben und Arbeiten in der Panguna-Kupfer-Mine in Bougainville

http://frische-nachrichten.eu/2015/10/17/...fer-mine-in-bougainville/



 

http://bougainvillenews.com/2015/10/17/...to-sustainable-development/


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Rowan Callick Reporting in THE Australian

Earlier this year 130 operations were performed on the US Navy hospital ship Mercy. Its nurses, dentists and optometrists saw more than 6000 patients and its veterinary surgeons treated 140 dogs and cats and more than 2500 farm animals, during a two-week stay in Bougainville and in Rabaul, also in Papua New Guinea.

The US’s Pacific Command is a massive deliverer of humanitarian services every year around the Asia-Pacific. And Bougainville, an autonomous region of PNG, is a worthy recipient.

Conditions have deteriorated on the island, which after boasting the best living standards in PNG before civil war broke out in 1989 is now one of the nation’s worst performing provinces, with few job prospects and poor health and education levels, even for a country languishing at 157th of the 187 nations on the UN human development index.

But there is another, strategically potent, reason why the US might well wish to pay particular attention to Bougainville. That’s because within five years its 250,000 people will go to a referendum on independence and Bougainville, with deepwater ports and lengthy runways that could be swiftly rehabilitated, lies 2500km straight across the horizon from Guam.

PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill recently told The Australian a “yes” vote would not necessarily lead to independence, which remained the responsibility of the national parliament.

“We have a diverse and tribal country, so we can ask ourselves, where does it stop? We have no ­interest in thinking about independence, but about services, and the wellbeing of the people on Bougainville,” he said.

Nevertheless, the odds are strong on Bougainvilleans opting for independence. An independent but economically struggling Bougainville would be forced swiftly to seek patrons. The Autonomous Bougainville Government, led by former priest John Momis, has repeatedly stated an economically viable future requires the return of mining.

Rio Tinto has demonstrated its lack of confidence in reopening Bougainville Copper Ltd — which would cost an estimated $6.5 billion — by instigating a review of its 53.6 per cent stake, which has been under way for more than a year.

A groundbreaking ceremony, or Bel Kol (the cooling of anger), at which landowners, ABG, mine owners and other groups would bury the hatchet, has been postponed yet again due to the hostility of former combatants, some of whom retain their small arms....

Zum ganzen Artikel:
http://bougainvillenews.com/  

....aktuell = ca. 1 Arzt für 15000 - 20000 Menschen auf Bougainville.

Das ist erschreckend wenig und absolut nicht akzeptabel.

Dann kann man sich noch ansehen wie und durch wen diese Versorgung aufrechterhalten werden muß. Das ist finaziell auch nicht mit Einnahmen aus Gemüse und Cacaubohnen Anbau zu stemmen.

Und trotz besseren Wissens  gibt  es selbsternannte ``Experten o. möchtegern leader`` die aus den unsäglichsten Gründen alles beim Status Quo belassen wollen. (Ich erspare mir hier meine  private Bewertung eines solchen handelns.)

Die Frage wer  hier der `` devil`` ist muß aber doch erlaubt sein. :-(

Das ist jetzt nur eins aber eins der wichtigsten Probleme die bei einem re-opening Panguna angegangen werden wird. Je schneller um so verantwortungsvoller.  

Bevor es einfacher wird, muss es erst noch komplizierter werden...

http://www.postcourier.com.pg/kids-place/#.Vi5ejtIveM8

LOs want state to pay K80 million

By ROMULUS MASIU

LANDOWNER of the Kieta Port has put the National Government on notice with a K80 million compensation demand for environmental damages done to the Kieta Harbour.

This was part of the set of demand addressed to the State by the landowner group which comprises four different clans in their recent meeting.

Kieta Landowners Association Chairman Moses Miramira said the environment impact on the magnificent Kieta Harbour dated back to 1960 and for the years of negligence since 1996.

He said the Kieta Wharf facilities has rendered services to the Panguna Mine during its operational 17 years and continues to provide vital services since 1996 without any compensation or a goodwill reestablishment fee to the landowners.

Mr Miramira confirmed the land where the wharf stands was acquired by the Colonial Administration in the 1950s and due to the complete ignorance of the customary landowners a proper legal lease agreement was formulated whereas the Aropa Airport Landowners and Arawa Town Landowners have benefited from the lease payments up to the closure of business activities in 1989.

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http://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2015/10/...o-go-ahead.html#more  

.....meet in Port Moresby

http://news.pngfacts.com/2015/11/...le-referendum-committee-meet.html