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UNMEE to Stay Put Until Border Demarcation Made

Addis Tribune (Addis Ababa)
NEWS
November 5, 2004
Posted to the web November 5, 2004

The Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea (UNMEE), Ambassador Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, confirmed last week that
UNMEE would continue to maintain peace and security on the border of Ethiopia
and Eritrea until the demarcation is made and the last pillar is planted.
Speaking to journalists last Friday on the occasion of the opening of an
outreach center at Adigrat, Legwaila said, "We are patience enough to stay at
the border until the Boundary Commission finalizes demarcation. We gain nothing
from losing patience," he said adding.
He said that UNMEE would not impose any solution upon the two countries Rather,
it would support them to demarcate the border.
"The responsibility to demarcate solely lies upon Ethio-Eritrea Boundary
Commission consisting of five people appointed by the two governments in 2002,"
he said.
Meanwhile, UNMEE opened last Friday its fifth outreach center in the town of
Adigrat where its peace keeping force is stationed. The center is the third on
the Ethiopian side following similar ones in Addis Ababa and Makele.
The center in Adigrat will be providing up-to-date information on the
activities of UNMEE's and that of the UN in general.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Legwaila said that UNMEE would use the
Center as a channel to impart its message of peace to the residents of the town
and its environs.
Adigrat is chosen not only because it is the headquarters of sector center and
the presence of the 15th UNMEE battalion but more importantly because of its
convenient location at the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The center provides its visitors access to radio programs, documentary films,
weekly press briefings, newsletters and other documents.

   

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