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ERITREA
BLOCKS PASSAGE OF UN PEACEKEEPERS,-UN
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February 2008, United Nations-- During the routine noon briefing
today, Michele Montas,
spokesperson
for secretary-general ban ki-moon, reported that:
The UN Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea (UNMEE)
says that Eritrean soldiers have blocked the passage of 8 UN
peacekeeping vehicles in the past 24 hours. This occurred at a
checkpoint near Senafe, inside the Temporary Security Zone.
The Mission says the eight
vehicles were en route to a UN camp to collect equipment for the
ongoing gathering of UN personnel and equipment in Asmara ahead of a
planned temporary relocation outside of Eritrea.
Meanwhile, other movements by
peacekeepers and vehicles have proceeded without incident.
Top UN officials and the Security Council have urged Eritrea to stop obstructing the temporary relocation of the mission to Ethiopia amid growing concern over rapidly dwindling food and fuel supplies for the blue helmets.
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