فقد كانت توجد في بوغانفيل إدارة دمرت فعليا، بمعنى أن كثيرا من الناس الذين كانوا يعملون هناك تركوا الجزيرة خلال الأزمة وقتل آخرون، ودمر نظام الإدارة بأكمله.
There was an administration in Bougainville that was effectively destroyed, in the sense that many of the people who were working there left the island during the crisis and others were killed — the whole system of administration was destroyed.