Declaration
EPLF establishes the Provisional Government of Eritrea, 1991
The Eritrean People's Liberation Front took control of Asmara and formed a Provisional Government, ending three decades of armed struggle and opening the path to the 1993 referendum.
What happened
In May 1991 the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) took control of the Eritrean capital, Asmara, and established itself as the Provisional Government of Eritrea, with legislative, executive and judicial bodies.[1] The new government met Ethiopian delegations in London later that month and committed to holding a referendum on Eritrea's future within two years.[2]
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: In May 1991 the Eritrean People's Liberation Front took control of the Eritrean capital, Asmara, and established itself as the Provisional Government of Eritrea, consisting of legislative, executive and judicial bodies.
- United Nations Secretary-General, United Nations Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea: Report of the Secretary-General (United Nations General Assembly, 11 August 1993) link, para. 4. Source record
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Claim: In May 1991 the Provisional Government of Eritrea met Ethiopian delegations in London and committed to holding a referendum on Eritrea's future within two years; in July 1991 a Conference on Peace and Democracy at Addis Ababa formally recognised the Eritrean people's right to determine their political future by an internationally supervised referendum.
- United Nations Secretary-General, United Nations Observer Mission to Verify the Referendum in Eritrea: Report of the Secretary-General (United Nations General Assembly, 11 August 1993) link, paras. 5–6. Source record