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The ICJ judgment was backed up by the United Nations, whose charter potentially allowed sanctions or even the use of force to enforce the court's ruling.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan stepped in as a mediator and chaired a tripartite summit with the two countries ' presidents on 15 November 2002, which established a commission to facilitate the peaceful implementation of the ICJ's judgement.

A further summit was held on 31 January 2004.

This has made significant progress, but the process has been complicated by the opposition of Bakassi's inhabitants to being transferred to Cameroon.