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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Wed Jul 21 2010 - 08:18:05 EDT
Video: Eritrea Disputes U.N. Security Council Resolution - UN TV
Video:
http://www.eastafro.com/Post/2010/07/20/video-eritrea-disputes-u-n-security-
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21/07/2010
MaximsNewsNetwork: 20 July 2010 - UNTV: United Nations, New York - The
United Nations (UN) today (20 July) welcomed steps by Eritrea and Djibouti
to resolve their border dispute through mediation by Qatar, saying that
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was ready to provide technical support if
needed to facilitate a settlement.
Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe commended "the
recent concrete steps taken by Eritrea and Djibouti on the border issue" and
told the Security Council that the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin
Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, had written to Ban informing him that Eritrean
troops had withdrawn from the disputed areas of Ras Doumiera and Doumiera
Island and that Qatari military observers had been deployed to those
localities pending a final settlement.
This follows the signing of an agreement by Eritrea and Djibouti on 6 June,
under the auspices of Qatar, in which the neighbouring countries decided to
resolve their border conflict through a negotiated settlement.
In March 2008, Eritrea had deployed troops and military equipment to the two
areas adjoining its de facto border with Djibouti.
Pascoe said that the UN believed that States in the Horn of Africa, the
regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African
Union and the UN should "work together to effectively address the
inter-linked conflicts in the
<http://www.eastafro.com/Post/2010/07/20/video-eritrea-disputes-u-n-security
-council-resolution-un-tv> region, including Somalia and the long-standing
border settlement between Eritrea and
<http://www.eastafro.com/Post/2010/07/20/video-eritrea-disputes-u-n-security
-council-resolution-un-tv> Ethiopia."
In his address to the Council Eritrean ambassador Araya Desta, for his part,
accused Ethiopia of refusing to honour its obligations and of "arming,
training, hosting and financing Eritrean armed elements with the objective
to destabilize Eritrea."
He called on the Security Council to act and stressed that "issues of peace
and Security must be addressed in a fair and objective way as the UN Charter
dictates."
Finally, Djiboutian representative Kadra Ahmed Hassan told the Council that
her
<http://www.eastafro.com/Post/2010/07/20/video-eritrea-disputes-u-n-security
-council-resolution-un-tv> government "welcomes the developments on the
ground described in the report" and "is ready to work closely with the
Qatari government "in order to resolve the dispute with Eritrea through
peaceful means."
In his latest report on compliance with a Security Council resolution that
imposed sanctions on Eritrea for its activities in Djibouti and Somalia, the
Secretary-General says that Eritrea deserves credit for its recent
constructive engagement with its neighbours and the international community
and urges the country to provide evidence that it is complying with the
resolution.
The Ugandan-drafted resolution alleged that Eritrea has aided Islamist
insurgents in Somalia and bans the sale of weapons to and from Eritrea and
imposes asset freezes and travel restrictions on the Horn of Africa state's
political and military leaders.
Since Eritrea gained independence in 1993, the country has been involved in
two serious conflicts over territory with its neighbours, Ethiopia and
Djibouti, and has been accused of supporting Somali rebels in their fight
against their government.
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