It is understandable that the aforementioned institutions have, by and large, attempted to remain impartial in order to preserve and protect the legitimacy and effectiveness of outside involvement. However, all efforts have been made to achieve a pacific settlement of disputes through such means as negotiation, mediation, and intervention by regional and international bodies. The OAU, with the help of the UN and the US, has managed to come up with a Framework agreement, Modalities of implementation, and Technical arrangements to broker peace.

Eritrea accepted all three documents and embraced them as instruments for peace. However, after previously accepting the Framework Agreement and the Modalities for implementation, on the 4th of September 1999, Ethiopia rejected the Technical arrangements and by doing so, essentially, reneged the previous agreements and declared the entire peace plan null and void.

Consequently, Eritrea is left with a unilateral acceptance of a negotiated compromise without any officially declared redress from the international community. Mindful of Eritrea's untenable position and weary of Ethiopia's intransigence to block the peace, the international community must now find new methods and strategies to limit Ethiopia's capability to continue its war of aggression.

Could the OAU, the UN, and the US do anything to prevent the break down of peace and deter Ethiopia from waging war? Yes, they can start by officially condemning and isolating Ethiopia by imposing a serious and strictly enforced economic embargo. If that doesn't pacify the regime in Addis Ababa, then the international community must ante up its resolve and openly form an alliance with Eritrea for the sake of preserving human rights standards. Only then will the regime in Addis Ababa will be pacified. It should be noted that the OAU, the UN, and the US have yet to officially denounce Ethiopia's aggression. This aggression must be stopped before it claims too many lives.