Ethiopia/Eritrea
November 2006
The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission announced that because of serious impediments in fulfilling its mandate, it planned to demarcate the border on maps leaving it to the two countries to establish the physical boundary.
19 October 2006
Ethiopia said that it would not react militarily to what it considered a minor provocation. Eritrea on the other hand rejected the Council’s call to withdraw its troops from the Temporary Security Zone.
16 October 2006
Eritrea moved 1,500 troops and 14 tanks into the Temporary Security Zone, and seized one of UNMEE’s checkpoints.
29 September 2006
The Council adopted resolution 1710 extending the mandate of UNMEE for four months and expressing its intention to transform or reconfigure UNMEE if the parties showed no progress towards border demarcation.
19 September 2006
Eritrean soldiers and military vehicles entered the Temporary Security Zone limiting UNMEE’s ability to patrol the area.
31 May 2006
The Council took the decision to downsize UNMEE.
