Agreement
Algiers Agreement, 2000
· Algiers
Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a peace agreement in Algiers ending the border war and establishing a Boundary Commission to delimit and demarcate their shared border.
What happened
Signed in Algiers on 12 December 2000, the Agreement committed both parties to "permanently terminate hostilities" and refrain from the threat or use of force against each other.[1] Article 4 established a neutral Boundary Commission of five members "to delimit and demarcate the colonial treaty border based on pertinent colonial treaties (1900, 1902 and 1908) and applicable international law," seated at The Hague and barred from deciding ex aequo et bono.[2]
In April 2002 the Boundary Commission ruled on the delimitation, finding that the disputed town of Badme fell on the Eritrean side of the line; according to an independent analysis, Ethiopia accepted the ruling only "in principle" and did not withdraw its forces, producing a prolonged stand-off often described as "no peace, no war."[3]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: The Algiers Agreement, signed on 12 December 2000, provides that "the parties shall permanently terminate hostilities between themselves" and that each party shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the other.
- Government of the State of Eritrea and Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Agreement between the Government of the State of Eritrea and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Algiers Agreement) (United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), 12 December 2000) link, art. 1. Source record
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Claim: Article 4 of the Algiers Agreement established a neutral Boundary Commission of five members with a mandate "to delimit and demarcate the colonial treaty border based on pertinent colonial treaties (1900, 1902 and 1908) and applicable international law," seated at The Hague and without power to decide ex aequo et bono.
- Government of the State of Eritrea and Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Agreement between the Government of the State of Eritrea and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Algiers Agreement) (United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), 12 December 2000) link, art. 4. Source record
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Claim: In April 2002 the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission ruled that disputed towns along the border, including Badme, fell on the Eritrean side of the line; Ethiopia accepted the ruling only "in principle" and did not withdraw its forces, producing a prolonged "no peace, no war" stand-off. Attributed to The Borgen Project
- The Borgen Project, A Resolution at Last? The Ethiopian-Eritrean Border Dispute (The Borgen Project) link, article text. Source record