Rotokas Record

{{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.[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.[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.[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.

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