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UN keeps troops in deadlocked Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute
Jul 31, 2007, 1:25 GMT
New York - The UN Security Council decided Monday to maintain a peacekeeping mission along the Ethiopia-Eritrea border but deplored the lack of progress in resolving the dispute.
The UN mission along the Ethiopia-Eritrea border, with about 2,100 military and civilian personnel, will remain there another six months, or until January 31.
The mission was first deployed in 2000 following a brief border war that ended with a ceasefire reached in Algiers.
The ceasefire deal called on both sides to accept a decision on border demarcation to be made by an international panel, but the panel's recommendation was not accepted.
The UN mission, located in a security zone set along the border, has come under threat by military movements from both sides, which have encroached into the security zone.
The council called on both sides to withdraw their military personnel from the security zone and called on Eritrea to remove restrictions imposed on the UN mission's movement and operations.
The council said in a resolution adopted unanimously that it 'regrets the lack of progress on demarcation, and stresses that the parties have the primary responsibility for the implementation of the Algiers agreements.'
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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Ibrahim MahmoudJul 31st, 2007 - 08:40:26
Dears I am not happy with security councils' decision,The UNSC always calls for unfare decisions, why not they make a pressure to ethiopia to accept the final and binding decision.Lastly the victim of this event is the people from both countries.
THE UNSC SHOULD PUSH ETHIOPIA TO ACCEPT THE ALGERIES PEACE AGREEMENTS.
BRs
Ibrahim
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