The document summarizes the 1998-2000 border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the resulting Algiers Agreement that ended hostilities in 2000, and the boundary commission's rulings on territorial disputes. Key points: - The 1998-2000 war killed 70,000-100,000 people and displaced 1 million over territorial disputes along the Ethiopia-Eritrea border. - The 2000 Algiers Agreement formally ended the war and established a boundary commission to delimit and demarcate the colonial border based on pertinent treaties and international law. - In 2002, the commission awarded the flashpoint town of Badme to Eritrea, though Ethiopia initially claimed victory. In 2003,

1. 2018
Gizaw Mk 1
The Irreversible
Decision
The reality

3. Ethio - Eritrean War
O On 14 May 1998 Ethiopia wrote to the Security
Council, saying that Eritrea had carried out an
unprovoked violation of Ethiopian sovereignty on 12
May 1998.
O A 1998 to 2000 war on the boundary killed 70 000
people and brought untold hardship to two of the
world's poorest nations.
O The U.S.-brokered Algiers Agreement to end the
1998–2000 border war between Ethiopia and Eritrea
is at a crossroads.
O The Algiers peace agreement of 12 December 2000
formally ended the war.

4. Algiers Agreement
O Both parties signed the Algiers Agreement
that ultimately ended open hostilities on
12 of December 2000.

5. NOTE
O “According to Getachew (2006:64), the
government of Ethiopia signed the Algiers
agreement with sheer negligence of the critical
views of the opposition and academia against the
agreement. While negotiating peace with Eritrea,
the government in Ethiopia did not attempt to
reflect the public views in the making of the peace
agreements. Furthermore, the role of the rights of
the local people, living in the disputed territories
along the border was not considered in the
negotiations to resolve the conflict.”
Kalewongel M. (2008) “Ethiopia and Eritrea: the quest for
peace and normalizations”

6. Claims
O In December 2001 Ethiopia and Eritrea
submitted their claims for war damage to
the Claims
Commission established by the Algiers
agreement.
O An estimated 70,000 to 100,000 people
were killed, one million were displaced,
and a generation of development
opportunities was squandered.

7. Mandate of
the Commission
O On the issue of the border, the agreement
followed African practice and confirmed
colonial borders.
O Under Article Four of the agreement, the
EEBC was charged to “delimit and demarcate
the colonial treaty border based on pertinent
colonial treaties (1900, 1902, and 1908) and
applicable international law,” the Organization
of African Unity (OAU’s) 1964 resolution on
the sanctity of existing borders and this
determination was final and binding.

8. Decision of the Commission
O The commission that was established in
accordance with the Algiers agreement
delivered its delimitation decision in April
2002.
O The boundary commission awarded the
flashpoint town of Badme to Eritrea,

9. Confusion of the Ethiopian
Government
O When the Boundary Commission
announced its decision in April 2002, both
Asmara and Addis Ababa initially claimed
victory.

10. Clarification
O The Commission clarified on 28 March
2003 that the area known as the Badme
Plains largely was Ethiopian, but the
village of Badme was inside Eritrea.

11. Jun 5, 2018
O Ethiopia has agreed to fully accept the
EthioEritrea boundary commission which
ruled the disputed territory of Badme to be
Eritrean territory.

12. O Agreement between the Government of the
State of Eritrea and the Government of the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Signed 12 December 2000
Location Algiers
Signatories Government of Eritrea and
Government of Ethiopia.
Parties UN, OAU, Algeria, and the EU