Photo Credit : Abbay MediaBy Taddesse S Solomon aka Dogo Aba BoraOn February 16th, 2004, Eskender Negas’s two visits to the United Nations office to appeal for intervention were validated. A statement, delivered by the Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience, a non-governmental organization with special consultative status, was presented to the United Nations Secretary-General. Shemelese Assefa and I waited outside the United Nations Office, sitting on a curbside bench near the visitors’ entrance. I had seen one of the individuals before; he was the Ethiopian ambassador to the United Nations, Taye Atske Selassie. Yet, over the past 30 years, numerous genocides have occurred across Africa, Asia, and Europe, with the United Nations often appearing powerless to intervene.
