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6 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Oh my.
#UNmustbcalled2account

It must.

Hat tip @jeffpropulsion
#UNTPLFChildSoldierCoverup
This leaked UN email from the field is dated October 2nd. After the expulsions.

Per the leaked audio even @UNEthiopia is out of the loop on this, and was from the outset of the war. Let alone the Ethiopian Govt. whose people are being killed for “challenging” a TPLF occupation.

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6 Oct
The appearance by @antonioguterres at the end of the meeting is perhaps the most striking bit of all of this.

"It is my duty to defend the honour of the United Nations," he said when asked about his "right of reply" at end.
VIDEO: (Beginning 2:36mins) media.un.org/en/asset/k17/k… Image
"The UN has no political agenda in Ethiopia. Our agenda is just one to support the Ethiopian people, Tigrayans, Amaharas, Afaris, Somalis, that have suffered so much. We cannot see people going on dying, because of bullets, because of hunger...
"... we need to do everything to stop this conflict. We need to do everything to ensure that humanitarian aid is distributed everywhere to everybody. We need to do everything for a dialogue to be established among Ethiopians to solve the problems in Ethiopia."
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6 Oct
The @UN_Spokesperson's insubstantive remarks on Ethiopia at today's media briefing was likely indeference UNSG @antonioguterres, who has chosen to make it the focus of the UNSC centerpiece of the day, the consultation on "Peace and Security in Africa".

2pm US/9pm EU/10pm ETH Image
Estonia followed Ireland, so far the statements have been very predictable. Reiterating and reinforcing existing flawed understanding of what has been, and is happening in Ethiopia. Image
France speaking now, says Obasanjo is in Paris tomorrow to talk to the French. A short formulaic statement also. Image
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6 Oct
The US debate over Facebook regulation is mostly focused on the impact of dangerous, unmoderated hate speech inside the U.S. @SPP_FI raises important questions about global regulation of the hate speech giant.

Facebook’s Role in Destabilizing Ethiopia/HOA link.medium.com/gxu3Pwkj8jb
The rest of the developed world barely gets any attention from @Facebook let alone the developing world, where it is huge and plays a significantly greater role in political communications than it does in the west.
In NZ in 2019, a lone Australian gunman killed 51 people on a rampage through two mosques in Christchurch, where I went to school. His shooting spree was streamed live on Facebook on thousands of pages and groups. It was far and away the largest terror event ever in NZ. Image
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6 Oct
Seven minute warning. The stream has started. Will let you know what happens in this thread.

media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k…
Live video has started. Waiting for @StephDujarric the chief @UN_Spokesperson.
Briefing has started. Expecting questions from James Bay (@baysontheroad) on Ethiopia of @AJENews / @AJEnglish Image
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6 Oct
Attached is a thread showing the transition of Major Hurricane Sam into the a massive 1400km wide extratropical Cyclone (heading towards Iceland.

Here we see latest forecasts of the impact on Europe - beginning with a PWAT (water/energy) 5 day forecast.
The main feature we see in this animation is a cold dry air blast coming in from the east and colliding with a high pressure system located initially roughly speaking over the Bay of Biscay. The water concentration over the Med/Italy Alps suggests significant precipitation there.
This forecast shows the very complicated evolution of water transport over this five day period - JetStream 11-18km high winds carrying elevated moisture into Europe from the North Atlantic.
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6 Oct
Super extratropical cyclone Sam has just fully completed its transition, and it is an amazing sight.

Next stop Iceland.

[Imagery from @zoom_earth] Image
A set of 24 hour animations of the transition follow, zooming in on the final form of this storm, which is now 1365kms wide. Image
The super wide view shows just how massive the impact on Europe of this storm is.
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