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Wednesday, 07 March 2007


Security Council resolution 1320 of 15 September 2000 established the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea to monitor the cessation of hostilities between the two countries. Below is the mandate for this mission:

  • Monitor the cessation of hostilities;

  • Assist in ensuring the observance of the security commitments agreed by the parties;

  • Monitor and verify the redeployment of Ethiopian forces from positions taken after 6 February 1999, which were not under Ethiopian administration before 6 May 1998;

  • Monitor the positions of Ethiopian forces once redeployed;

  • Simultaneously, monitor the positions of Eritrean forces that are to redeploy in order to remain at a distance of 25 kilometres from positions to which Ethiopian forces shall redeploy;

  • Monitor the temporary security zone (TSZ) to assist in ensuring compliance with the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities;

  • Chair the Military Coordination Commission (MCC) to be established by the United Nations and OAU in accordance with the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities;

  • Coordinate and provide technical assistance for humanitarian mine-action activities in the TSZ and areas adjacent to it; and

  • Coordinate the Mission 's activities in the TSZ and areas adjacent to it with humanitarian and human rights activities of the United Nations and other organizations in those areas.

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