Momis asks UN to apologise for flawed Gender Violence Report

The validity of United nations report on Gender Violence has been called into question by the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, John Momis.

He says that since the Report has not yet been formally presented to the Government, he is not “prepared to go into a point by point rebuttal of the findings”.

“But on the basis of what has surfaced, the UN sponsoring body should immediately withdraw the report and apologise to the people of Bougainville and by extension to the people of Papua New Guinea.”

“The report cannot in any way be an accurate empirical study of certain social conditions in Bougainville and has served to engender stereotypical reporting that does not enhance the social indices of Bougainville,” he said.

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