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Comments To The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (Web Document)(submitted by the federal democratic republic of ethiopia)For example, the Observations stated that Eritrea had provided evidence of Eritrean acts of governmental administration for the town of Badme. In fact, Eritrea did not provide even a single document showing Eritrean administration of Badme. Instead, Eritrea acknowledged Ethiopia’s administration. In contrast, the record contains a large number of documents provided by Ethiopia showing its governmental administration of the town. The Commission stated that Ethiopia had submitted maps showing Badme as being on the Eritrean side of a “distinctive straight line,” but Ethiopia has never submitted any such map. Eritrea, however, did submit maps to the Commission showing Badme in Ethiopian territory. Serious factual mistakes are also pointed out in Sections IV and V with reference to Fort Cadorna, Acran, the controlling nature of the Dispositif, the division of border communities, and the “northern and western fringes of the Endeli projection.” Review of the record and field work should provide a basis for adjustment of coordinates in the Dispositif to accord with the record before the Commission.
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