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UNSC ends UN monitoring of Ethiopia-Eritrea borderline |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
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The UN Security Council voted on Wednesday unanimously to terminate the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), after restrictions placed on the peacekeeping operation by the latter country undermined its ability to carry out its mandate.
The mandate for the 1,700-strong force expires today.
The Council unanimously approved a resolution drafted by Belgium that calls for the mission to be terminated and all peacekeeping personnel to be withdrawn.
The resolution calls on the two sides "to show maximum restraint and refrain from any threat or use of force against each other, and to avoid provocative military activities."
The United Nations withdrew its peacekeeping force from the border in February after Eritrea cut off fuel supplies.
The force had been in place since 2000 after a two-year war between the Horn of Africa neighbors that killed some 70,000 people.
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