Algiers Agreement (2000)
The Algiers Agreement (2000) is the internationally binding agreement of a ceasefire between Ethiopia and Eritrea , which was signed by the two countries on June 18, 2000 and is monitored by the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea .
Through the mediation of the Organization for African Unity (OAU), chaired by Algeria , the United States and the European Union , both countries ended the three-year Eritrea-Ethiopia war .
With the agreement, Ethiopia and Eritrea committed themselves to stop any attacks on each other and to guarantee the free access of a peace mission , as well as their protection and recognition.
Both sides agreed that this peacekeeping mission would be set up by the United Nations and monitored by the OAU. The mandate of this mission should be the observation of the observance of the armistice, the withdrawal of the Ethiopian troops and the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ).
The mandate of the peace mission was linked to the completion of a process to find and mark the international border between Ethiopia and Eritrea and, according to the agreement, the composition and strength of the mission should be determined by the secretaries-general of the OAU and the United Nations in agreement on both sides.
According to the agreement, both sides were obliged to clear landmines and the United Nations Mine Action Service was asked for assistance.
Ethiopia undertook to hand over positions taken after February 6, 1999 and not under Ethiopian administration before May 6, 1998 to units of the peacekeeping mission within two weeks of the deployment of the blue helmets . However, this withdrawal was not viewed in the agreement as a waiver of territorial claims. Eritrea undertook to withdraw its troops behind a line 25 kilometers from the Ethiopian positions.
The two sides undertook to accept these lines and agreed that the peacekeeping forces under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations can enforce compliance by taking appropriate measures.