NationMaster - Encyclopedia: UNMEE

The UNMEE (United Nations Mission To Ethiopia and Eritrea) was originally formed to monitor a ceasefire in the border war that began in 1998 between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Since that time the mission has replaced in place in order to formally mark the border between the two countries. This border follows the original border as declared by a tribunal in The Hague. A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war, for any of various reasons. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ...

The mission has it's headquaters in Mek'ele (Ethiopia) and remains in place whilst tensions between the two countries remain high. The border between Ethiopia and Eritrea remains closed. MekelÄ“ is capital of the Tigray region of Ethiopia, it is the seat of the regional government and the Headquaters of the UNMEE. Located some 650 km north of the capital, Addis Ababa. ...

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	The UNMEE does not admit their lack of impartiality or their involvement in the alleged behavioral and moral misconduct that are contaminating their neutrality in their mission as United Nations’ peacekeeping body between two bitter foes, Eritrea and Ethiopia.
	As the UNMEE media briefing indicated, on October 7, 2002, when President Obasanjo arrived to Eritrea for a two-day official visit, he was briefed by the DSRSG and the Force Commander on the status of the peace process following The Hague Boundary Commission’s ruling on the border delimitation and demarcation between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
	Therefore, in my opinion, the UNMEE officials have demonstrated lack of prudence by exploiting improperly the occasion and the political statement of President Obasanjo, which was emotionally indifferent and unsympathetic to those families, relatives, and friends to be adversely affected in the border areas of the two unfriendly countries.

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