UN Documents for Eritrea
Selected Security Council Resolutions | View All |
14 November 2018 S/RES/2444 | This was a resolution lifting sanctions on Eritrea and extending various elements of the Somalia sanctions regime until 15 November 2019. |
14 November 2017 S/RES/2385 | This was a resolution on Somalia and Eritrea sanctions with 11 affirmative votes and four abstentions (Bolivia, China, Egypt, Russia). |
10 November 2016 S/RES/2317 | This was a resolution on Somalia and Eritrea sanctions with ten votes in favour. |
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements | View All |
18 May 2009 S/PRST/2009/15 | This presidential statement called on the Sanctions Monitoring Group to investigate reports that Eritrea had supplied arms to insurgent groups in Somalia. (It also condemned the renewed fighting by Al-Shabaab and other extremists in Somalia and demanded an immediate end to the violence.) |
12 June 2008 S/PRST/2008/20 | This presidential statement called for a ceasefire between Djibouti and Eritrea. |
Selected Secretary-General's Reports | View All |
29 August 2012 S/2012/412 | This was the Secretary-General's report on Eritrea requested by resolution 2023, as re-released with changes on 29 August. |
8 June 2012 S/2012/412 | This was a Secretary-General’s report on Eritrea requested by resolution 2023, as first released on 8 June. |
22 June 2010 S/2010/327 | This was a report of the Secretary-General on Eritrea’s compliance with resolution 1907. |
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents | View All |
7 November 2018 S/2018/1003 | This was the report on Eritrea of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. |
2 November 2017 S/2017/925 | This was the report on Eritrea of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. |
7 October 2016 S/2016/920 | This was the report on Eritrea of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. |
Selected Security Council Letters | View All |
2 August 2019 S/2019/627 | This was from the Secretary-General on developments towards the normalisation of relations between Djibouti and Eritrea. |
18 February 2019 S/2019/154 | This was a letter from the Secretary-General to the president of the Council on Eritrea-Djibouti relations. |
11 July 2018 S/2018/687 | This was a letter from the Permanent Representative of Djibouti to the Security Council regarding its unresolved boundary dispute with Eritrea. |
Selected Security Council Meeting Records | View All |
14 November 2017 S/PV.8099 | This was the meeting at which the Council adopted resolution 2385 on Somalia and Eritrea sanctions. |
29 November 2016 S/PV.7807 | This was a meeting to adopt resolution 2317 on Somalia and Eritrea sanctions with ten votes in favour. |
18 February 2016 S/PV.7626 | This was a briefing by the chair of the 751/1907 Somalia/Eritrea Sanctions Committee |
Selected Security Council Press Statements | View All |
24 June 2008 SC/9376 | The Council requested that a fact-finding mission be sent to the region. |
Selected General Assembly Documents | View All |
28 May 1993 A/RES/47/230 | This resolution admitted Eritrea as a member of the UN. |
Selected Human Rights Council Documents | View All |
4 June 2015 A/HRC/29/42 | This was a report of the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea. |