DECISION REGARDING DELIMITATION OF THE BORDER

CHAPTER I – PROCEDURAL INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (hereinafter the “Commission”) was established pursuant to an agreement dated 12 December 2000, alternately entitled “Agreement between the Government of the State of Eritrea and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia” and “Agreement between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Government of the State of Eritrea” (hereinafter the “December Agreement”).

1.2 Article 4 of the December Agreement provides as follows: 1. Consistent with the provisions of the Framework Agreement and the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities, the parties reaffirm the principle of respect for the borders existing at independence as stated in resolution AHG/Res. 16(1) adopted by the OAU Summit in Cairo in 1964, and, in this regard, that they shall be determined on the basis of pertinent colonial treaties and applicable international law.