I'm done with the UN. This post makes it seem like they have brought in enough food to feed 5.9m *per month* and that 5.9M people in Tigray received food.

This directly contradicts p.3 and p.12 of the update THE UN PUT OUT TWO DAYS AGO.
🧵/1
Here is the update from last week, except they didn't bother to update the number of Tigrayans who received food. The last "6 wk" distribution cycle started in Oct/21. They have repeatedly said that there is no fuel to distribute food in Tigray
/2
reliefweb.int/attachments/78…
Also note in the update that the UN has decided to no longer publish a weekly update on their operations in Tigray but will now be folding all of Ethiopia into a single update every 2 weeks.
/3

I am just going to be very frustrated about this because the UN has done nothing to stop the #TigrayGenocide except FAIL for a year to secure passage on 300 miles of a perfectly functional highway for food, fuel, and medicine for dying civilians in a member state.
/4
The number of people in this world who are starving increases every day and the UN is inventing new ways to fail people who are starving to death.
And please. Ffs. Tell me that what appear to be recent screwups do not have anything to do with the fact that the first annual session of the executive board since Ethiopia was elected to that board was last week.

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Jun 30
Trucks and Fuel. 🧵
The @UNOCHA has told the Ethiopian govt repeatedly that not enough fuel has been allowed into Tigray to distribute food AND ensure that trucks that enter are able to complete the roundtrip back to Afar.
(1/30)
First, let's look at how much fuel @UNOCHA had in stock at the beginning of the year.

As of Jan 12, 2022 “…the UN said its food partners had less than 7,000 litres of fuel left in Tigray…”
/2

theguardian.com/global-develop…
Now I will refer to @UNOCHA's Northern Ethiopia Humanitarian Update Situation Reports (available at @reliefweb). I have put some of the words in CAPS because this has been a challenging concept for the Ethiopian regime and their supporters to grasp.
/3
Read 32 tweets
Jun 28
I am absolutely gutted by the decision of @UNOCHA to discontinue the weekly updates. They were rarely on time, usually had some errors, but it was one publication that put a reality check on #disinformation about the #TigraySiege.
🧵/1 Image
Without this reality check, the Ethiopian regime’s disinformation goes unchallenged. Example. Last week an EU delegation was allowed to visit Tigray. They confirmed what we knew about fuel. The regime called this a MYTH.
/2

voanews.com/a/ethiopian-go… Image
This is from the final update. Since the gradual reopening of the route in April, they haven’t been able to transport enough fuel for a single month of distribution. It's not a myth. It's a genocidal siege.
/3

reports.unocha.org/en/country/eth… Image
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Jun 28
Please take the time to do this. These bills make @StateDept use diplomatic measures to end the impunity for human rights violations and genocide in Ethiopia.

Our status quo of protecting authoritarian regimes over the basic human rights of the people must end./1
This needs to change, right now, before it is too late to stop the #TigrayGenocide. The peace process is proceeding at a glacial pace AND humanitarian aid is on the table because the @_AfricanUnion, @UN, and @StateDept have all stuck to appeasement.
/2

The US tolerance for genocide is a driver of genocide all over the world. Read "A Problem from Hell" by @PowerUSAID to see every case where those responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the past 50 years figured out that US backlash was not going to be an issue.
/3 Image
Read 8 tweets
Oct 7, 2021
Dear #Tegaru friends,
I wanted to say how inspiring you are in the face of untold horrors. Every day, I see the depair and the tragedy; but more visceral than that is your strength and your courage. I am humbled to stand with you and for all of the kindness you have shown me./1
I don’t know your pain firsthand. From Tegaru friends online and off, I have heard so many stories without endings.

That’s what gets me in the throat. Right now, almost every story about Tigray with an ending is tragic. Hope seems to only live alongside fear in the unknown./2
I’m not Tegaru. I’m not married to a Tegaru. I’m not a secret TPLF agent. I’m not being paid by anyone to speak out against #TigrayGenocide.

I'm just a researcher, who happened to be focused on Ethiopia in 2020. As a researcher, I can't be silent./3
Read 12 tweets
Oct 6, 2021
1/#UNSC (Quick🧵)
Summary: Everyone is shocked.
@antonioguterres, the US, Ireland, et al, are shocked about the obstruction of life-saving humanitarian aid during a famine.

Ethiopia, Russia, et al, are shocked that this is a matter of concern to anyone outside of Ethiopia.
2/Please let this conclude the phase of the international response to #TigrayGenocide where everyone talks about their feelings.

I'm attacking the diplomats, I know that they are only messengers. But the time to talk is over, now its time to #StopTigrayGenocide.
3/All of the positions expressed are entrenched. Russia and China are pretty wedded to their definition of sovereignty and Ethiopia gave absolutely no signal that they will allow food, fuel, and meds to Tigray.

#TigrayCantWait for these positions to change, people are dying.
Read 7 tweets
Oct 6, 2021
1/#UNSCActNow (🧵)
Yohannes is absolutely right. #UNSC Res. 2417 (2018) very clearly applies to the current #TigrayFamine.

If all of the meetings and statements are necessary, we cannot let Tigrayans starve to death while elites get their act together.

unscr.com/en/resolutions…
2/It is understandable that the UN needs time to build consensus, debate, or investigate. But they waited too long to start.

Now #TigrayCantWait, unless a humanitarian pipeline is secured. Drastic, temporary measures must be taken if diplomacy needs time to work.
3/The 5.2M+ who are impacted by the #TigrayFamine and need aid have hard deadlines for:
🗓️When they starve to death
🗓️When their children develop lifelong health issues
🗓️When they lose the milk to nurse their babies

Sustained access to food is the only way to buy time.
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