Editing Rotokas Record (section)

{{short description|2001 weapons surrender agreement in Papua New Guinea}}

The '''Rotokas Record''' was a weapons surrender agreement involving the [[Bougainville Resistance Force]] and the [[Bougainville Revolutionary Army]] and the [[Papua New Guinean]] government.  It was signed on May 3, 2001.<ref>[http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/may2001/png-m23.shtml Papua New Guinea government obtains shaky weapons disposal pact in Bougainville], Will Marshall, ''World Socialist Web Site'', May 23, 2001.  Accessed on line March 4, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20010509/news10.htm Arms surrender today], ''Post-Courier'', Papua New Guinea, May 9, 2001.   Accessed on line March 4, 2008.</ref><ref>''[http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia/documents/bougainville/PDF/Rotokas-agreement-Final.pdf The Rotokas Record]'',  State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM), Australian National University.  Accessed on line March 4, 2008.</ref>

The weapons surrender agreement was part of a larger peace process between Papua New Guinea and [[Autonomous Region of Bougainville|Bougainville]] after Bougainville attempted to secede from Papua New Guinea.