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1937–2025 Botswana
Joseph Legwaila (born February 2, 1937- died 31 October 2025) is a Motswanan Diplomat, Politician and former United Nations official. He has represented Botswana in multiple international capacities and has held senior positions within the United Nations.
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Therefore all we would need to do is demine the areas where the pillars are planted.
The most important thing is you have to deal with those problems effectively in order to protect the integrity of the process you are developing.
The longer there is no solution to the stalemate, the more it becomes very difficult to monitor a temporary security zone, while violent rhetoric is emanating from both capitals.
.Our mandate only terminates with the planting of the last pillar on the border.
It is a decision that is the whole raison d’etre for the peace process.
He also said UNMEE would maintain a strong presence for many months to come while the physical demarcation of the border was carried out.
There is still a lot of bitterness between them.
That's why the decision is very important.
But I have always said to everybody, by the way, the people who are handling this peace process are human beings and the governments are also run by human beings.
I am an African, and these are two African countries which have shed a lot of blood in the war that ended in 2000.
And here we are, we are enjoying relative tranquillity and the peace process is on track, we are preparing the border to be demarcated.
The stalemate is firmly wedged between these two irreconcilable positions. The danger of the continued stalemate is war.
The decision is the start of a new chapter for Ethiopia and Eritrea and to tell you the truth, in advance of the announcement of the decision, I wish them the best.
What it means for UNMEE is that the two parties have succeeded in resolving their dispute, that is if there is no problem with the decision.
It would mean that UNMEE has been able to help the two parties solve their border problem, at least so far as delimitation is concerned because the border still has to be demarcated.
Therefore I will be the happiest man on earth if the decision is announced and we go forward to help them demarcate the border and thereafter live in peace as neighbours.
Once in a while there will be mistakes.
Our work is tied to the work of the Boundary Commission [and we] can only complete our mission if the Boundary Commission completes its work, announces the decision, and the parties accept it.
If the decision is announced on Saturday and we are told by the president of the Boundary Commission that we should go ahead with demining for demarcation, we will do so.
The peace process is supposed to culminate in the normalisation of the boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia and the normalisation ... is the opening of a new chapter for peaceful relations between the two countries.
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