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9 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Should an authoritarian nation involved in hostilities against its neighbours be hosting the next COP?

Question and answer addressed to OCHA Policy Chief Hans Joerg Strohmeyer at #COP26 by Scoop Media 9 November 2021
Question from Scoop answered by OCHA Chief, Policy Development and Studies Branch Hans Joerg Strohmeyer - OCHA is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs which is responsible for coordinating humanitarian aid delivery around the world.
The question relates to a recent decision to award COP27 to Egypt - made in September 2021 - and announced by US Climate Change Envoy John Kerry on October 2nd 2021, on the same day that US special envoy to the HoA Jeffrey Feltman was dispatched to Sudan to prevent a coup.
The context of the question addresses issues related to The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam #GERD Dam, The Tigray War and the recent Coup in Sudan.

Egypt and Ethoipia were the only two African nations to put their names forward to host #COP27.

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