Modalities for the Implementation of the OAU Framework Agreement on the Settlement of the Dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea

• Country/entity

  Eritrea
  Ethiopia
  
• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  Africa (excl MENA)
  
• Agreement name

  Modalities for the Implementation of the OAU Framework Agreement on the Settlement of the Dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea
• Date

  12 Jul 1999
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Interstate/interstate conflict ( Eritrean Border Conflicts (1998 - 2018) )
• Stage

  Implementation/renegotiation
• Conflict nature

  Territory
• Peace process

  Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute peace process
• Parties

  The Eritrean Government and the Ethiopian Government
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  The agreements defines the modalities for the implementation of the OAU framework, mainly related to ceasefire modalities.

• Agreement document

  EH_ER_990712_Modalities for the Implementation of the OAU Framework Agreement.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Modalities for the Implementation of the OAU Framework Agreement on the Settlement of the Dispute Between Ethiopia and Eritrea

(Submitted to both parties on Monday 12, 1999 and reported to the 35th OAU Heads of State and Government summit in Algiers on Wednesday, July 14, 1999)

The two Parties reaffirm their commitment to the principle of the non-use of force to settle disputes.

The two Parties reaffirm their acceptance of the Framework Agreement and commit themselves to implement it in good faith.

There shall be a return to positions held prior to 6 May 1998.

On the basis of these principles, the two parties agree on the following modalities for the implementation of the Framework Agreement:

1. The Eritrean Government commits itself to redeploy its forces outside the territories they occupied after 6 May 1998.

2. The Ethiopian Goverment commits itself to redeploy, thereafter, its forces from positions take after 6 February 1999 and which were not under Ethiopian adminsitration before May 6, 1998.

3. The two parties agree to put an end to all military actitivies and all forms of expresssion likely to sustain and exacerbate the climate of hostility and thus compromise the implementation of the Framework Agreement.

4. The redeployment of troops shall commence immediately after the cessation of hostiltiies.

This redeployment shall not, in any way, prejudice the final status of the territories concerned, it being understood that this status will be determined at the end of the border delimitation and demarcation.

5. The modalities for the re-establishment of the civilian Administration and population in the concerned territories shall be worked out after the cessation of hostilities.

6. The two parties accept the deployment of militation observers by the OAU in cooperation with the United Nations.

The Group of Military Observers will supervise the redeployment of troops as stipulated in the present modalities and carry out all otherduties that are entrusted to it, in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Framework Agreement.

7, The two Parties commit themselves to sign a formal Ceasefire Agreement which privides for the detailed modalities for the implementation of the Framework Agreement.