We have already made our points. What we want is to fight poverty. We do not want to engage in polemics here. We do not want to dignify the other party by doing so. We would like to leave it to you and the Assembly here to judge.
Ethiopia has only one strategic enemy. Eritrea is not that enemy; the enemy I am referring to is poverty and backwardness. We therefore want to use all our resources, both human and material, to fight poverty. However, we cannot do so if we have a neighbour whose leadership is unable — as it has bee…
At the outset, allow me to express my sincere congratulations to the President on his election to lead the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I am fully confident that under his presidency, we will have productive discussions and reach a fruitful conclusion. I would also like to convey my …
Under the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. That very mandate also requires the Security Council to be truly international, in terms of not only its mandate but also its representation. The proble…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Mr. Han on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session.
In Ethiopia, 11 September has for centuries been marked as the beginning of the new year. Three weeks ago, with the shocking, devastating and criminal terrorist acts comm…
Seven years have passed since the General Assembly established an Open-ended Working Group to consider all aspects of the question of an increase of the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council. However, despite the laudable efforts made, much remains to be done to…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his progress report on the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN- NADAF). The report provides a solid analysis and concrete recommendations for actions at the national and global levels.…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. As in previous years, the report provides a clear description of the activities undertaken by the two organizations in the framework of their ongoing c…
The spread of HIV/AIDS has become a serious health issue that threatens to reverse a generation of accomplishments in human development and is now becoming a social crisis on a global scale. It threatens the balance of productive employment and livelihood of people in every continent, making it a gl…
I very much regret that I have to speak again. We did not intend to use even the first right of reply, but we were forced to do so. I will be brief. We speak of the commitment to the future. Let us practise it.
For the record, Ethiopia signed the Geneva Convention fifty years ago — not three years …
When my country, signed the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities with Eritrea, it did so with a full commitment to work for a comprehensive peace agreement. It believed, and still does, that the Agreement went beyond the simple silencing of the gun. The Agreement’s spirit was also recognized by a S…
Allow me, from the outset, to extend warm congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I would like also to express our appreciation to your predecessor, Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab, for the able manner with which he discharge…
May I express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to other members of the Council, for this open debate on the report of the Secretary-General on the establishment of a peacekeeping force for the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea. We are indeed grateful to the Secretary- General for the …
I wish to begin by expressing my delegation’s gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open meeting to review the situation in Somalia. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Sir Kieran Prendergast for his comprehensive report on the situation in Somalia in general, and the ongoi…
I regret to be taking the floor once again, but some points should be made very clear. First, as regards the cause of the conflict: it has already been established beyond any doubt by third parties, independent parties, including by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), that Eritrea committed an …
The representative of Eritrea, in his statement under the agenda item on causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, referred to the crisis between Ethiopia and Eritrea and, in the usual style of doublespeak and distortion, attempted to mislead and co…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), contained in document A/54/484. Like reports of previous years, this report provides a clear description of the activities undertaken by the two …
The statement just made by the representative of Eritrea does not impel me to say anything new vis-à-vis what I said in my earlier statement. I have said enough about Eritrea’s professions of peace, its sudden change of heart, its 180-degree turn; I have described Eritrea as an aggressor. I do not w…
Aggression, unfortunately, is a fact of international life. As long as there are aggressors, there will be aggression. Now having listened to the statement by the Foreign Minister of Eritrea this evening, I find it interesting to discern some distinguishing characteristics of aggressors, be they lar…
