The autonomous government in the Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville has taken a new approach to peace building.
Dennis Kuiai, who heads the newly established Division of Peace, Reconciliation and Weapons Disposal, says they are trying to ensure the entire community is involved, rather than focussing solely on the ex-combatants.
He says there's more knowledge now of how violence is often a sparked by those sidelined by development.
Before, the ABG had little to do with militant rebel communities but Mr Kuiai says they are now intervening and it's having positive results.
"By intervention I mean that we intervene with projects that would address the real needs that would then make way or give way for the weapons to be considered or looked into,, leading onto weapons disposal. That approach seems to be working very well in central and south Bougainville."
