13 November 2007
New York — The Security Council today urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to implement without delay a 2002 ruling on the delimitation of their common border, stressing the need for the two African neighbours to settle their disagreements peacefully.
In a statement read out by Ambassador Marty Natalegawa of Indonesia, which holds the rotating Council presidency this month, the 15-member body urged the parties to take concrete steps to implement immediately and without preconditions the delimitation decision of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, as well as the Algiers Agreements which ended the war between the two countries.
"The Security Council calls upon the parties to refrain from using force and to settle their disagreements by peaceful means, to normalize their relations, to promote stability between them and to lay the foundation for sustainable peace in the region," the statement added.
The continuing tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the failure to resolve their longstanding boundary dispute and the military build-up along their common border were cited as causes for serious concern by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a recent report.
"There is no other option but for the two parties to find common ground that would allow the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission to proceed with the demarcation of the border," Mr. Ban stated.
He noted that even as Ethiopia says that it has accepted the 2002 border delimitation decision without preconditions, the country continues to assert that the security conditions for demarcation of the border do not exist.
"I urge the parties to extend full cooperation to the Commission, without further delay, with a view to proceeding to the boundary demarcation on the basis of the Commission's 2002 delimitation decision," he said.
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Due to 50 years of war with Eritrea and Somalia, Ethiopia has been in huge mess with it's own constant economic nightmares, persistent famines, uncontrolled AIDS, TB and other public health scrooge, internal political strife and ethnic civil wars in Ogadinia, Oromia and Amara provinces. If Ethiopia has never been able to clean up it's won dirty laundry at home, how is it possible that Ethiopia will remotely be able to dust off internal strife and stabilize Somalia? Ethiopia must leave Somalia, to let the Somalis take care of their own problem, while Ethiopia should attend to it's own internal strife, economic nightmare and ethnic civil wars. After 50 years of war against Eritreans, one hopes, Ethiopians has learned bitter lessons already. What's there, more to gain for Ethiopia from waging another 50 years of war against Eritrea or Somalia? If the Ethiopian government continues in insisting on waging wars in Eritrea, Somalia and against it's internal enemies in Ogadinia, Oromia, and Amara provinces, the war could back fire and break Ethiopia apart just like Yugoslavia. Therefore, the Ethiopian tribal-gang "politicians" need to be careful on what they pray for, because, they might as well get it, bringing more misery to Ethiopia than what Ethiopia has been going through for the last "3000" years, as Ethiopians claim. As for the UN and it's masters in New York, need to remember the UN Resolution 390a/v of 1950, federating Eritrea with Ethiopia against the Eritrean people's free will and allowing Ethiopia to annex and occupy Eritrea has caused Eritrean much more massacre, death and destruction that Eritreans would have been allowed to stay free is prove of the UN incompetence. G.L. San Jose, Ca. USA
Due to 50 years of war with Eritrea and Somalia, Ethiopia has been in huge mess with it's own constant economic nightmares, persistent famines, uncontrolled AIDS, TB and other public health scrooge, internal political strife and ethnic civil wars in Ogadinia, Oromia and Amara provinces. If Ethiopia has never been able to clean up it's won dirty laundry at home, how is it possible that Ethiopia will remotely be able to dust off internal strife and stabilize Somalia? Ethiopia must leave Somalia, to let the Somalis take care of their own problem, while Ethiopia should attend to it's own internal strife, economic nightmare and ethnic civil wars. After 50 years of war against Eritreans, one hopes, Ethiopians has learned bitter lessons already. What's there, more to gain for Ethiopia from waging another 50 years of war against Eritrea or Somalia? If the Ethiopian government continues in insisting on waging wars in Eritrea, Somalia and against it's internal enemies in Ogadinia, Oromia, and Amara provinces, the war could back fire and break Ethiopia apart just like Yugoslavia. Therefore, the Ethiopian tribal-gang "politicians" need to be careful on what they pray for, because, they might as well get it, bringing more misery to Ethiopia than what Ethiopia has been going through for the last "3000" years, as Ethiopians claim. As for the incompetent gang-ho UN and it's masters in New York, need to remember the UN Resolution 390a/v of 1950, forcibly federating Eritrea with Ethiopia against the Eritrean people's free will and allowing Ethiopia to annex and occupy Eritrea has caused Eritreans much more wars, genocide, massacre, death and destruction that Eritreans would never had to go through if they have been allowed to stay free with out the UN's approval seal or blessings. Ultimately, the UN is responsible for all the 50 years of Ethio-Eritrean bloodshed, for it was the UN who forced the Ethio-Eritrean federation up on Eritreans and the annexation and occupation of Eritrea, and consequent bloodshed that has been spilling to this day.
Gerrie Lijam San Jose, Ca. USA