Millions are displaced in the Tigray region over the course of the two year war. This is the second failed attempt by Ethiopia to have UN’s General Assembly to defund resources for the UN rights experts who were appointed by the UN to investigate war-related human rights abuses in Ethiopia. In introducing the resolution, Ethiopia argued that the text did not recognize the government’s cooperation with the Council to conduct investigations and demanded the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly, which has the responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters, to defund resources. #Ethiopia – Verbatim"…we're focused now on making sure that we can get independent human rights monitors into #Tigray to verify that there are no ongoing atrocities, even as we're looking for accountability for what's already taken place.” Sec. Blinkenhttps://t.co/JuzvrQKDIh pic.twitter.com/1uuFPdBjJH — Addis Standard (@addisstandard) December 23, 2022The US government and the EU however continued insisting on accountability for human rights violations and abuses as well as implementation of transitional justice as part of the full implementation of the Pretoria CoHA.

Source: Ethiopian News December 31, 2022 13:39 UTC