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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Tue Sep 28 2010 - 18:48:37 EDT
Eritrea alleges UN 'ignoring' Ethiopian occupation of its territory
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Osman Mohammed Saleh, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, addresses the
general debate of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly.
28 September 2010 - Eritrea's Foreign Minister today told
<http://gadebate.un.org/Portals/1/statements/634212726221406250ER_en.pdf>
the General Assembly that the United Nations "continues to ignore"
Ethiopia's failure to comply with the ruling of an international commission
that delineated the border between the two countries after their 1998-2000
war.
"While the United Nations grapples with Sudan and Somalia, it continues to
ignore grave consequences of Ethiopia's continued occupation of sovereign
Eritrean territory, eight years after the ruling of the Eritrea-Ethiopia
Boundary Commission ( <http://www.un.org/NewLinks/eebcarbitration/> EEBC),
and three years after the Commission ended its work by depositing in the
United Nations the demarcated boundary between the two countries," Osman
Saleh told the Assembly's high-level segment.
To end the border war, both parties agreed to abide by the ruling of the
border commission, which was reached in April 2002. However, Ethiopia's
rejection of the decision stalled the physical demarcation of the border in
2003.
"Ethiopia's illegal occupation and the United Nations silence, which mean
the continuation of the conflict, is exacting a heavy price on the peoples
of Eritrea and Ethiopia and complicating the regional situation.
"I wish to remind the United Nations that Eritrea awaits responsible and
urgent action to end Ethiopia's violation of international law and its
threat to regional peace and security," Mr. Saleh told the General
Assembly's high-level debate.
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