Thread by @althecat

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.

https://twitter.com/althecat/status/1439906065068462082

2 issues top of the UN's "Common Agenda" for the planet - issues the 0UNSG spoke very frankly about to @FareedZakaria, Covid Vaccinations & Climate Change. Both are exacerbating tensions between the Rich North West and the Global South.

The Continent of Africa is far and away the largest and most populous part of the world effected by this dynamic, and this tension - which is again very relevant to what Ethiopia is currently experiencing - is about to play out in the diplomatic spotlight.

For those nations which are most acutely concerned about the "Common Agenda" [#COP26 will be mainly about support and financing for adaptation and mitigation from the rich west to the developing world] - the mistakes the USG is making in Ethiopia will be top of mind.

And all this makes the #UNGA the best possible place for Ethiopia to press its case for the United States to take a more enlightened and informed approach to the crisis facing Ethiopia. If this week ends with the U.S. isolated in its foolishness, Ethiopia will win.