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Dear Mr. Oduntan, In response to your query, I would invite you to look at the Decision on delimitation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission at paras 3.17-3.28. A copy of the Decision can be downloaded from our website: www.pca-cpa.org clicking on Recent and Pending cases. Kind regards, Dane Ratliff ----------------------------------- Dane Ratliff Legal Counsel Permanent Court of Arbitration Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2 2517 KJ The Hague - The Netherlands Tel: +31 70 302 4196 Fax: +31 70 302 4167 E-mail: [log in to unmask] PCA Website: www.pca-cpa.org ----------------------------------- This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately; you should not copy it or use it for any purposes, nor disclose its contents to any other person. -----Original Message----- From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 5:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Legal Effects of Illustrative maps Dear Colleagues, What is considered the best view on the legal validity and perhaps more importantly legal effects of illustrative maps attached to the decision of an international court's decision? Would it be right to conclude thus. 1. Such maps are intended to supplement the textual descriptions contained therein; but 2. they are intended to be merely illustrative of the geography and the statements, coordinates etc. provided by the court. They are prima facie, therefore, neither accurate nor definitive. 3. The parties to any demarcation still have to attempt to accurately interpret the delimitation proffered by the court. 4. There is the possibility that such an exercise may expose scientific errors in the illustrative map and/or the coordinates or geographical descriptions proffered by the court. Hope to receive general comments on this issue Best Regards Gbenga Oduntan