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• Tyler Davenport
• Sean McEvoy

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WHO?
The conflict with this United Nations mission is
between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The conflict began
in May of 1998 due to a border conflict. The
leaders of these two countries are the Ethiopian
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, and the Eritrean
Prime Minister Isaias Afwerki. Despite many
meetings at the United Nations and in their
separate countries, neither have agreed to back
down. The important personnel in the United
Nations with this mission are Mohammad Taisir
Masadeh, Azouz Enifar,and Joel. W Adechi. The
conflict between these two countries caused great
suffering and starvation for the already poor
people of Africa.
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WHAT?

• The United Nations UMNEE mission has many goals
  and purposes for the mission. They include
• Monitor both countries troops.
• Monitor the temporary security zones. ( TMZ)
• Monitor the cessation of hostilities.
• Assist in the security commitments agreed to by
  the parties.
• There were also less significant commitments to
  do with the mission.

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What Continued.

• The United Nations committed 4200 troops to the
  UNMEE mission. It was upped to 4300 military
  personnel in 2001. These troops include 220
  military observers.
• Their have been 12 deaths as a result of the
  mission.
• These troops come from over 46 countries.
• An agreement was made at the 1999 OAU Summit in
  Algiers that both countries would redeploy their
  troops to where they were before the territories
  that were taken when the conflict started in May
  of 2000.
• The document called for demilitarization and
  delimitation of the entire border between
  Ethiopia and Eritrea.
• The UN was still afraid conflict might brake out
  so high seniority officials visited both
  countries.

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WHEN
IMPORTANT DATES May of 1998 was when the conflict
between the two countries started. In 1999 at the
OAU Summit the two countries made an agreement to
redeploy their troops to where they were before
the conflict began in 1998. In May 2000, the two
countries went back to war, and broke the
agreement made in 1999. The UNMEE mission is
currently set to end on July 31st of this year
unless the mission is extended.
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WHERE!
The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea is due
to the border conflict that the two countries
share. It is the northeast Ethiopian border, and
the southwest Eritrean border. The United Nations
has UMNEE offices in strategic locations in both
countries as well as in Adis Ababa,and Asmara.
Many troops are located along the TMZ or the
Temporary Security Zones. It is in these areas
where much of the conflict and tension has
happened.
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WHY?
The conflict started in May of 1998 over a border
conflict. It has continued ever since the
Eritrean government became independent. Eritrean
government officials first became upset when
Ethiopia issued a new map that included Eritrean
territory as part of Ethiopia. The conflict
became worse when unprovoked Ethiopian soldiers
attacked Eritrean patrol unit inside Eritrean
territory. Ethiopia then continued to push into
Eritrea. This took control of the government and
put new Ethiopian government post deep inside
Eritrea.
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Bibliography

• http//dehai.org/conflict/

http//www.un.org/depts/dpko/dpko/index.asp
THANK YOU!