The Bougainville & Solomon Islands (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil & Solomon Ailans) are a group of islands east of Papua New Guinea, including the former North Solomons and the formerly independent state of the Solomon Islands. The government in power of Bougainville violently annexed the Solomon Islands. The new government is not acknowledged by any known sovereign state, because of this annexation and the mistreatment of Solomon Islanders. The League of Nations and the ANZC have condemned the annexation, and currently regard the Solomon Islands and Bougainville as separate, sovereign and independent states