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…
"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…
"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."
"Now in this context I was of course deeply shocked, with the fact that there had been seven members of the UN expelled from Ethiopia and declared persona non grata, we had the occasion to explain how why - in our opinion - this is not in line with international law...
.. but on top of that, because so many accusations are appearing, today I asked the Amb. of Ethiopia to provide me with any copy, of any written doc., given by the Govt. of Eth. to any UN agency in relation to wrong doings (shakes head) of any of these seven members of the UN."
"If such a document will be provided, we will of course immediately do an investigation as to why it has not come to my attention."
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