The United Nations’ Peace commission set up to help Cameroon and Nigeria resolve their border dispute has urged both countries to expedite action on the issue of demarcation of affected areas.
At a recent two-day meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission instructed its sub-commission on demarcation to find “effective and practical solutions on the remaining 350-kilometre land border areas that include the skipped areas, areas of disagreement and inaccessible areas,”
The Mixed Commission which has representatives from Cameroon and Nigeria, as well as the United Nations was established by the world body at the request of the African neighbours to help implement a 2002 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on the delineation of the border.
The Peace Commission has already reached agreement on more than 1,600 kilometres of the border.
In a separate communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, Cameroon and Nigeria reiterated their commitment to complete the demarcation by the end of next year.
The commission, chaired by Said Djinnit, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for West Africa, also commended the progress made by the two nations regarding the confidence-building initiatives for the populations affected by the demarcation.
Meanwhile, the next session of the commission will be held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 8-9 December.?