On their part, the Eritrean authorities demonstrated a comparable degree of transparency.

This is in accordance with priorities established in collaboration with the Eritrean authorities.

These incidents resulted in the deaths of four Ethiopians and one Eritrean militiaman.

However, a response from the Eritrean authorities regarding the issue is still outstanding.

A group of Eritrean women and a lone traveler from Congo share a bag of oranges among themselves.

The Eritrean authorities recently lifted the restrictions imposed on the activities of certain religious groups in the country.

Those decisions have had an adverse impact on humanitarian activities and have exacerbated the situation of vulnerable Eritrean communities.

On the Eritrean side, UNMEE patrols within the areas adjacent to the Temporary Security Zone continued to encounter restrictions.

In another development, a shooting incident in Fawlina, Eritrea, cost the life of one member of the Eritrean militia.

Those interviewed complained of acts of discrimination and or ill treatment suffered at the hands of the Eritrean authorities.

I invite the Eritrean authorities to assist UNMEE in extending its technical cooperation in human rights work in Eritrea.

Protesters in front of the USA embassy demonstrate against illegal trafficking of Eritrean refugees allegedly killed while crossing the Sinai.

In the 1939 census of Eritrea there were more than 75,000 Eritrean Italians, most of them (53,000) living in Asmara.

As will be recalled, the Algiers Agreement provided for a Temporary Security Zone (TSZ), encompassing 25,000 km2 of Eritrean territory.

Despite the UNHCR target of facilitating the voluntary repatriation of 35,000 Eritrean refugees, less than 10,000 refugees actually repatriated in 2004.

On September 21, 2006, Eritrean Airlines entered an accord with the Government of Pakistan to start direct flights between Eritrea and Pakistan.

Eritrean Airlines received permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan to start two flights a week each for Karachi and Lahore.

Three shooting incidents between alleged Ethiopian armed men and Eritrean militia occurred on 9, 11 and 26 April, all in Sector West.

I therefore, once again, invite the Eritrean authorities to assist UNMEE in extending its technical cooperation in human rights work in the country.

Despite the financial and logistical constraints involved, his Government remained committed to the voluntary repatriation programme for Eritrean refugees living in the Sudan.

The lack of cooperation with UNMEE by the Eritrean authorities, has produced conditions on the ground which prevent UMEE implementing its mandate satisfactorily.

On the Eritrean side, no major movement or redeployment of troops was observed, except for some training activities in areas distant from the Zone.

In June 2011, a senior Eritrean Foreign Ministry official said that the United States government has applied pressure prohibiting companies from leasing aircraft to Eritrea.

At the meeting, the Eritrean and Ethiopian delegates discussed the current military situation and reviewed with UNMEE the functioning of the sector military coordination commissions.

UNHCR continues to provide humanitarian assistance to 110,000 Eritrean refugees living in camps in eastern Sudan who do not wish to or cannot return home.

No major movement or redeployment of Eritrean troops has been observed, except for some rather limited training activities in areas close to the Temporary Security Zone.

In May 1998, a border dispute with Eritrea led to the Eritrean Ethiopian War, which lasted until June 2000 and cost both countries an estimated 1 million a day.

As mentioned in my previous report, severe restrictions imposed by the Eritrean authorities on UNMEE military police in Asmara continued in spite of the Mission's protests, which went unheeded.

Even though financial assistance, on a modest scale, was provided by the Eritrean authorities, the families still face critical shortages of food, water and grazing land for their livestock.

Ethiopia's presence in Badme and other areas north of the delimitation line constitutes forcible occupation of sovereign Eritrean territory, in violation of the Algiers Agreements and the United Nations Charter.

During the reporting period, UNMEE monitored the repatriation of 298 persons of Ethiopian origin and 163 persons of Eritrean origin, under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The UNMEE Mine Action Coordination Centre's Mine Risk Education field teams focused their outreach activities on the recently returned internally displaced persons in Sector West, in accordance with the priorities established in collaboration with the Eritrean authorities.

The deal has duly materialised since then, with the commencement of online Eritrean services to Lahore and Karachi via Dubai four times per week on each route, with full fifth freedom passenger and cargo traffic rights on Pakistan Dubai sector.

The December 2000 Algiers Comprehensive Peace Agreement, signed under the auspices of the United Nations and guaranteed by the Security Council, was premised first and foremost on the need for the legal delimitation and physical demarcation of the Eritrean Ethiopian boundary.

At the same time, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, has stated to the press that members of the Eritrean Defence Force have infiltrated the Temporary Security Zone, and urged the United Nations to take measures to restore the status quo .

In July 2002, Ethiopia violated the Algiers Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Charter of the United Nations to establish, under the watch of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), unlawful settlements in the sovereign Eritrean territory of Dembe Mengul.

In addition, the Eritrean restriction dramatically affects the security of United Nations peacekeepers and their operations, to the extent that the continuing occupation of small posts in isolated places which constitute 18 out of 40 locations has become unsustainable and is no longer operationally viable.