We Categorically Reject the Ceding of Ethiopian Territory to the Sudan (EBAC)

December 14, 2015 H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon United Nations Secretary General 1st Avenue, 46th Street New York, NY 10017 Your Excellency: We the undersigned Ethiopian political parties and civic organizations have the honor to bring to your attention certain developments which do not augur well for the maintenance of peace and security between Ethiopia and the Sudan. Given that sovereignty lies with the Ethiopian people (and state) rather than with a regime, we feel compelled to put all responsible states and international organizations on notice that the long-term interests of the peoples of Ethiopia and the Sudan are being compromised to advance the interests of the elites who have forcibly usurped the power of the state. Your Excellency will recall that, almost two years ago, several political parties and civic society organizations had the honor to register with your office a strong protest against a secret border deal that the dictatorial governments of both countries had concluded. Although the exact details of the deal are still shrouded in secrecy, the media in both countries have recently reported that the Ethiopian Prime Minister and the Sudanese President have made public their intention to demarcate the common boundary between the two countries on the basis of that deal. We wish to recall that the respective territorial limits of both countries were defined by treaty at the turn of the 20th century. The 1902 Treaty provided that the line delimited therein must be demarcated by officers of the two governments. If and when the decisions and recommendations of the Joint Commission were accepted by the two governments, each side was then to undertake to explain the boundary line to their respective citizens. This, however, did not occur. Instead, Major Gwynn alone, representing Great Britain as the colonial power then administering the Sudan, travelled the whole frontier ( about 950 miles) in the space of just a few months in 1903 and purporte

We must stand against Sudan to take our land

i oppose all land sale

no

Pls stop this big mistke dont give way our land

One ETHIOPIA, Long live Ethiopia and God Bless Ethiopia in Jesus name!!! Amen!!!

No demarcation!!!!

This authoritarian un democratically elected government and brutal is not representing the Ethiopian people. This government is not legitimate to sign this border demarcation with Sudan.

stop it!

stop sell and grabing our land

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I support the process that help identify the true border.

We must be standing together for our rights and our country, thanks

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The land is of Ethiopians.No one could claim it as it's own. TPLF would sell anything for its existence.

cleaar demarcation is needed

We never give our ancestoral land. Our border was protected by the blood of our forefathers.

TPLF's secret deal will not be acceptable for ever!

No boarder demarcation!!!

My name is tewodros I disagree with the border demarcation