Tamils - a Trans State Nation..

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C 

[see also Bougainville_Island at Wikipedia]
 

18 July 1997

The Burnham Declaration

Lincoln Agreement on Peace, Security and Development on Bougainville

The Agreement describes its structure as 'three pillars' all of them carefully inter-linked and sequenced: autonomy, referendum and disarmament.

Regan asserted that, while examining other peace processes can be extremely helpful, no generally applicable �lessons learned� can be gleaned because, as in Bougainville, each conflict requires original solutions. He strongly emphasized the importance of understanding the context of conflict which includes people�s historic, geographical, political, cultural, and religious characteristics, and contributes to how they perceive, react to, and behave in conflict. He noted with regret that there is so far very little literature on this aspect of culture and conflict resolution. Though the international community often seeks out and embraces formulas for interventions, peace processes, and state-building practices (including �robust� peace-keeping, a specific set of requirements for post-conflict constitutions, and strongly interventionist state-building aid), this can be detrimental to the success of the endeavor. Nevertheless, some of the arrangements in the Bougainville Peace Agreement drew on international conflict resolution precedents from New Caledonia, Hong Kong, and Uganda, and Regan believes that examining, though not imitating, the Bougainville peace process and agreement can be useful for the international community and local actors in other conflicts when trying to form a basis for a sustainable state.