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Papua New Guinea: A political history (1979) Knauft, Bruce M. South Coast New Guinea Cultures: History, Comparison, Dialectic (1993) excerpt and text search; McCosker, Anne. Masked Eden: A History of the Australians in New Guinea (1998) Waiko. John. Short History of Papua New Guinea (1993) Waiko, John Dademo. Papua New Guinea: A History of Our ...
Papua New Guinea has been a member of the Forum of Small States (FOSS) since the group's founding in 1992. [73] Papua New Guinea supported Indonesia's control of Western New Guinea, [74] the focus of the Papua conflict where numerous human rights violations have reportedly been committed by the Indonesian security forces. [75] [76] [77]
The location of Papua New Guinea An enlargeable map of Papua New Guinea. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Papua New Guinea: . Papua New Guinea is a sovereign island nation of Oceania comprising the eastern half of the Island of New Guinea [a] and numerous offshore islands in the western South Pacific Ocean. [1]
The unification of Western New Guinea with Papua New Guinea was official Australian government policy for a short period of time in the 1960s, before Indonesia's annexation of the region. [44] Generally, proposals regarding federation with Papua New Guinea are a minority view in the freedom movement.
OPM claimed the attack, and stated that they demand prisoner exchange with their two comrades who were arrested. The Indonesian government appealed for help to the Papua New Guinean government. The two hostages was released on 18 September 2015, after the militants were arrested by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force. [59] [60] [61]
Papua New Guinea's policy towards Bougainville hardened after the defeat of the incumbent government at the 1992 elections. New prime minister Paias Wingti took a considerably more hardline stance. He angered residents of the Solomon Islands after a bloody raid on one island that was alleged to be supporting the Bougainvilleans.
LLG boundary maps by Province (National Research Institute of Papua New Guinea) United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea - Postal codes and Coordinates". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. OCHA FISS (2018). "Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 population statistics and gazetteer". Humanitarian Data Exchange ...
Papua New Guinea: →. 2026; 2027; 2028; Decades: 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; See also: Other events of 2025; Timeline of Papua New Guinean history; Events in the year 2025 ...