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Acronyms and glossary Acronyms AGB Autonomous Government of Bougainville AusAID Australian Agency for International Development BCA Bougainville Constituent Assembly BCL Bougainville Copper Limited BICWF Bougainville Inter-Church Women¹s Forum BIG Bougainville Interim Government BILA Bougainville Interim Legal Authorities BIPG Bougainville Interim Provincial Government BLF Buka Liberation Front BPC Bougainville People's Congress BPRO Bougainville Peace and Restoration Office BRA Bougainville Revolutionary Army BRF Bougainville Resistance Forces BRG Bougainville Reconciliation Government BSPC Bougainville Special Political Committee BTG Bougainville Transitional Government BWG Bougainville Working Group BWPF Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom CILA Central Bougainville Interim Legal Authority CPC Constitutional Planning Committee CRA Conzinc Rio Tinto, Australia IOT International Observers Team MA Melanesian Alliance MDF Me'ekamui Defence Force MRA Moral Re-Armament MRS Mobile Riot Squads NEC National Executive Council NSPG The North Solomons Provincial Government PANGU Papua New Guinea Union PDM People's Democratic Movement PLA Panguna Landowners Association PMG Peace Monitoring Group PNG Papua New Guinea PNGDF Papua New Guinea Defence Forces PPCC Peace Process Consultative Committee PTF Peace Transport Fund RPNGC Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary SBIA South Bougainville Interim Authority SOE State of Emergency SPPKF South Pacific Peacekeeping Force SSN Special State Negotiator TMG Truce Monitoring Group UCA Uniting Church in Australia UDI Universal Declaration of Independence UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNOMB United Nations observer mission in Bougainville UNPOB United Nations Political Office in Bougainville Glossary cargo cult: A term applied to a number of indigenous groups who believed that at the millennium the spirits of their ancestors will return and bring with them food and other Western goods. They desired harmony among themselves and in their relations with Europeans. Some scholars feel the term is used so loosely as to have become meaningless. double entrenchment: Safeguard mechanisms in the Bougainville Peace Agreement on amending the agreed constitutional arrangement for autonomy and referendum, so as to ensure that any future changes are based on both national parliamentary and Bougainvillean legislative consent. highest form of autonomy: The preferred term of the Bougainvillean negotiators, used to describe ‘the highest level of self-government short of independence’, with the transfer of all functions and powers of governance exclusive to the Province other than those on a list agreed to be ‘essential’ to the national government. fasten the land: To impose an embargo (Itambu) prohibiting outsiders from entering a community’s land. In central Bougainville it was believed that women in particular had the authority and ability to ‘fasten the land’ and thereby to lock up the ore, preventing its discovery or extraction. Me’ekamui: ‘holy land’ in the Nasioi language. The preferred term used by Francis Ona to describe the traditional homeland of the Bougainvilleans. red skins: Derogatory term used by some Bougainvilleans to describe settlers and all those from the PNG mainland with lighter skin colour than Bougainvilleans. taraoting: Literally ‘vomiting’ in tok pisin, describing the public (and cathartic) expression of grievances and views during workshops or gatherings.
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