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20 Sep, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Sunday's @FareedZakaria show's context is the UN General Assembly. It addresses global level politics, and in particular the failures of US @POTUS @JoeBiden to reset "America First" Trumpian era policy approaches.

It is all relevant to Ethiopia.
edition.cnn.com/shows/fareed-z…
The show always begins with an editorial which frames what follows. It addresses US's unwise use of unilateral sanctions, alienation of France and @JoeBiden's failure to escape Trumpian policy.
A frank discussion about another long term U.S. ally, France, which like Ethiopia has also been badly alienated by recent U.S. diplomatic foolishness follows.
The centerpiece of the discussion however is a very frank interview with UNSG @antonioguterres who is also very frustrated with US foreign policy, and in particularly the rising tensions with China which Ethiopia is caught in the middle of.
Part 2 continues the discussion, the discussion of Afghanistan, where the UN wishes to seek to provide humanitarian support amid an conflict rhymes in some interesting ways with what is happening in Tigray.

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On the day the USG [@POTUS/@JoeBiden and @VP/@KamalaHarris] announced a sanctions regime for Ethiopia @USAmbUN/@LindaT_G addressed UN media on priorities for the #UNGA session which begins today.
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This thread focuses on the third priority which encompasses Human Rights, support for democracy, a rules based global order and fighting autocracy.

Direct link to @LindaT_G's #UNGA opening remarks to media that relates to this.
@LindaT_G "Democracy, human rights and the international rules based order are under attack," Linda told the media.

And she is right. They are, and in the case of what is happening in Ethiopia, these very precious goals for humanity are under attack from the United States Govt.
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The UN General Assembly is going to be where the impasse between the United States and Ethiopia will play out this week, in the speeches of member nations, and in the corridors and side meetings, formal and informal, which are where the planet's leaders meet and talk.
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