When the Boundary Commission attempted to commence demarcation in the central and western sectors, an impasse arose between the Parties after Ethopia called into question certain parts of the delimitation decision. Between March and August 2003 the Boundary Commission completed part of the demarcation in the eastern sector. The Boundary Commission issued Demarcation Directions on Jand established field offices in Asmara, Addis Ababa and Adigrat.
BOUNDARY DEMARCATION FULL
Upon the issuance of the delimitation decision, the Parties announced their full acceptance of the decision and called upon the Boundary Commission to conduct an expeditious demarcation.
The second part of the Boundary Commission's mandate was to demarcate the boundary. In each of these sectors, the Boundary Commission determined the boundary by reference to the pertinent colonial treaty as modified, where relevant, by the subsequent conduct of the Parties. The Boundary Commission set out its description of the boundary as so determined in a unanimous decision dated April 13, 2002. The colonial treaties of 1900, 19 related, respectively, to the central, western, and eastern sectors of the boundary. In its delimitation decision, the Boundary Commission had regard to this principle and also to the role of subsequent conduct of the Parties, including inter alia activities on the ground tending to show the exercise of sovereign authority ( effectivités). In Article 4(1) of the Algiers Agreement, the Parties reaffirm the principle of respect for the borders existing at independence as espoused by the OAU Summit in Cairo in 1964 (principle of uti possidetis).
As provided in the Algiers Agreement, the Secretary reviewed the claims and evidence of the Parties and identified the portions of the border which were not in dispute. The Chief of the UN Cartographic Section was appointed as the Boundary Commission's Secretary. The Boundary Commission was seated in The Hague with the Permanent Court of Arbitration serving as registry and the UN Cartographic Section providing technical support. The Boundary Commission was mandated to delimit and demarcate the colonial treaty border based on pertinent colonial treaties (1900, 19) and applicable international law. On 12 December 2000, the Governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea concluded the Algiers Agreement which terminated military hostilities and provided, inter alia, for the establishment of the Boundary Commission. In May 1998, armed conflict broke out between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the State of Eritrea.
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