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  • Departing peacekeepers of the Indian Batallion with head of UNMEE, Azouz Ennifar, following a farewell ceremony and presentations in Mekelle. (Photo: Ian Steele)

    15 Oct 2008 - UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea is withdrawn On 30 July 2008, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1827 terminating the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) with effect from the following day. The Council decision...
  • 15 Aug 2008 - New York, 14 August 2008: Brigadier Patrick Davidson-Houston, Acting Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) told journalists at a UNHQ Press Conference in New York today that following the Security Council's termination of UNMEE's mandate...
  • 30 Jul 2008 - Addis Ababa, 30 July 2008 - Military and civilian peacekeepers with the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) will begin the formal liquidation of their headquarters in Asmara and Addis Ababa as of midnight Thursday. With the Security Council's...
  • 20 Jun 2008 - New York, 29 May - United Nations offices and missions around the world today observed the International Day of UN Peacekeepers and the 60th anniversary of UN peacekeeping. The first blue helmets were authorized by the Organization on 29 May, 1948. In a...
  • 06 Jun 2008 -
    New York, 22 April – Following a closed Security Council meeting today, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, told reporters that Ethiopia and Eritrea are primarily responsible for settling their border dispute and must follow up on...
  • 06 Jun 2008 - On 16 March 2007, the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE) received a communication from the Eritrean authorities informing the Mission of the Government's decision to request Mr. David Bax, Programme Manager of UNMEE-Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC), to...
  • 06 Jun 2008 - Asmara, 4 April - The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action was commemorated at a colorful event at the Expo site in Asmara, Eritrea's capital city today. The event was organized by the Eritrean Demining Agency and attended by the UNMEE Mine Action...
  • 06 Jun 2008 - New York, 7 April: Four options for the future of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) were presented to the Security Council in a special report...
  • 06 Jun 2008 - New York, 25 January: Fuel restrictions imposed by Eritrea on the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) are paralyzing the work of the mission, a UN official warned today. Mr. Azouz Ennifar, UNMEE's acting head, told journalists after briefing the Security...
  • 06 Jun 2008 - Asmara, 26 February: Eritrean soldiers at a checkpoint near Senafe have blocked the passage of eight UNMEE vehicles in the past 24 hours. Senafe is located in Sector Centre of the Temporary Security Zone. The vehicles were travelling to Camp Dunn to collect equipment for...

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