UN General Assembly
2004

personnel, which are involved in UNMEE in various capacities. We are indeed grateful for those contributions. But, while we applaud those valuable contributions, we are duty-bound to express, with equal candour, our regret and dismay at the lack of resolute action by the international community at this critical time, when the entire process is on the brink of collapse. Had the international community respected its obligations and seen the process through with the requisite seriousness, the border would have been demarcated long ago. Today could have been an auspicious moment for our peoples to celebrate, from this rostrum, the resounding success of the United Nations peacekeeping effort. Instead, the dark clouds of war are once again gathering over my country because of Ethiopia’s intransigence and the acquiescence of major Powers as concerns Ethiopia’s violations of international law. Allow me to recall some of the most salient tenets of the Algiers Peace Agreement (A/55/686, annex). First, regarding the establishment and powers of the Arbitration Commission, article 4.2 of the Agreement states: “The parties agree that a neutral Boundary