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The United Nations engaging in illegal activities

Written by Michael Seium

Saturday, 23 February 2008

This is not the first time in it's history that the world governing body is trying to dodge real and substance issues. The border between Eritrea and Ethiopia is a done deal and as one of the guarantors of the Algiers peace agreement the UN should be advocating for demarcation on the ground.

It should stand tall and advocate for due process, instead the UN is engaged in lies and defamation against the rule of law. Using it's press office it has started a campaign to defame the law abiding party the State of Eritrea.

"The press offices of the United Nations and other private media have been leveling unfounded accusations against Eritrea about UNMEE's situation in the country," the Eritrean mission to the United Nations said in a statement.

To get very feisty about detail, even an article written by Louis Charbonneau on Friday Feb. 22nd, 2008 goes on to say "There is no reason why we should not have good relations with Ethiopia, provided they withdraw from Ethiopian territory," he said. when quoting the Eritrean Ambassador to the UN. Come on Louis stop making these small mistakes after all you are suppose to be a seasoned journalist. I beg your pardon ERITREANS ONLY WANT ETHIOPIANS TO GET OUT OF ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED ERITREAN (I REPEAT ERITREAN) TERRITORIES. I hope I have BOLDLY made it clear.

The UN has betrayed Eritrea for decades and by now most would think that it will have learned it's lesson, but it continues to engage against defamation and lies against the people of Eritrea. Could it be possible that the minority regime in Addis has something to do with it? You would think that an African head of this organization Mr. Kofi Annan would have left a legacy by making sure the demarcation took place before he left office but all he has done is passed on the baton to another unfair and unheralded leader in Ban Ki Moon. Mr. Moon please stop the ban on Eritrea and do the right thing. The horn of Africa needs peace and the UN must finish what it started.

Meanwhile Eritrea will stand firm and continue to monitor the UNMEE and the UN while abiding by the rule of law. For any UN member State to be respected it must protect it's territorial integrity and that's what Eritrea is doing. The promise made by the Eritrean people and Government to the thousands who sacrificed their lives for the independence of Eritrea will never be compromised.

Zelalemawi Zikri N'swatna

Michael Seium

ARTICLE IN QUESTION (NOW Corrected by REUTERS thanks to Mike!!)

INTERVIEW-Eritrea says doesn't want new war with Ethiopia

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N22598364.htm
22 Feb 2008 20:27:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Corrects in fourth paragraph to "Eritrean territory" instead of "Ethiopian territory")

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Eritrea does not want another war with Ethiopia and seeks good relations with its neighbor, provided Addis Ababa withdraws from Eritrean territory, Eritrea's U.N. ambassador said on Friday.

Ethiopia and Eritrea have both moved tens of thousands of troops to the border because of a dispute over their 620-mile (1,000-km) border. U.N. officials have expressed fears that the present withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers from the border region could open the door to a new conflict.

"I would like to assure you that we in Eritrea are sick and tired of wars," Ambassador Araya Desta told Reuters in an interview. "We don't want another war. We are not warmongers.

"There is no reason why we should not have good relations with Ethiopia, provided they withdraw from Eritrean territory," he said.

Ethiopia also has said it does not want a new war.

U.N. peacekeepers started work in 2000 after a two-year border war between the Horn of Africa neighbors that killed an estimated 70,000 people.

The peacekeepers have been stationed in a 15.5-mile (25-km) buffer zone inside Eritrea. But Asmara turned against the mission because of U.N. inability to enforce rulings by an independent boundary commission awarding chunks of Ethiopian-held territory, including the town of Badme, to Eritrea.

On Thursday, the U.N. Security Council condemned what it called "systematic violations" of its resolutions by Eritrea, including a food and fuel blockade, which led to a decision by the U.N. mission on the Ethiopian-Eritrean border to withdraw.

The council statement came as the 1,700-member force, known as UNMEE, sought to regroup in the Eritrean capital Asmara after being forced by the blockade to leave the disputed border it monitored for more than seven years.

"We are very sorry about that (council statement)," Desta said. "We are very mad about this ... We are cooperating (with UNMEE) in all areas."

ERITREA: U.N. TROOPS HAVE FOOD

Although Asmara has said the U.N. presence on the border was tantamount to occupation, U.N. officials have said the Eritreans were making it difficult for UNMEE to leave the border zone. However, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday there had been no problems reported on Thursday.

Desta denied there was a food or fuel blockade.

"We didn't cut off the food supplies," he said. "Food has reached those people in the countryside. They (currently) have enough for one good month."

Western diplomats have said they suspected Eritrean soldiers wanted to get their hands on UNMEE's equipment, which would explain why they were making it difficult for them to withdraw. Desta denied that allegation.

"We are not expecting anything from UNMEE," he said.

On Wednesday, Eritrea accused the United Nations of making false accusations against it.

"The press offices of the United Nations and other private media have been leveling unfounded accusations against Eritrea about UNMEE's situation in the country," the Eritrean mission to the United Nations said in a statement.

Desta said he had personally complained to the United Nations about what Asmara sees as incorrect information it has been providing to the media. (Editing by Bill Trott)

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