Votes loom on the future of New Caledonia and Bougainville
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IT HAS been six years since the birth of the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, in 2011. It may soon have some younger siblings. The Pacific island of New Caledonia is due to hold a referendum on independence from France by November next year; Bougainville, 1,200 miles to the north (see map), is supposed to vote on separation from Papua New Guinea in 2019. The timing of the two referendums was fixed decades ago, to defuse long-festering conflicts. But the approach of the appointed time is...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Fraenkel, Jon | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-27T05:04:46Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/274095 | |
dc.description.abstract | IT HAS been six years since the birth of the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, in 2011. It may soon have some younger siblings. The Pacific island of New Caledonia is due to hold a referendum on independence from France by November next year; Bougainville, 1,200 miles to the north (see map), is supposed to vote on separation from Papua New Guinea in 2019. The timing of the two referendums was fixed decades ago, to defuse long-festering conflicts. But the approach of the appointed time is raising tricky questions about how to word the question on the ballot, who should have the right to vote and what to do once the results are in. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | The Economist Newspaper Ltd. | |
dc.rights | © 2017 The Economist | |
dc.source | The Economist | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21720327-first-pacific-island-may-choose-stay-part-france-second-could-split-papua | |
dc.title | Votes loom on the future of New Caledonia and Bougainville | |
dc.type | Newspaper/magazine article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04-06 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200210 - Pacific Cultural Studies | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u3297900xPUB427 | |
local.publisher.url | http://www.economist.com/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Fraenkel, Jon, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2099-12-31 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-23T11:27:01Z | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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