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Sudan deeply concerned by recent development in Tigray: statement SudanTribube.com July 3, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government said deeply concerned about the recent developments in the northern part of Ethiopia in Tigray and called on all parties in the neighbouring country to use peaceful means to resolve their differences.
The Tigray People s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters retook control of the Tigray region capital Mekelle on Monday 28 June, seven months after they withdrew from the city in November 2020.
Following the dramatic turn, the Ethiopian government announced a unilateral humanitarian ceasefire but the TPLF rejected the truce saying they want the Ethiopian army and allied troops out of the region.
Sudan deeply concerned by recent development in Tigray: statement
July 3, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government said deeply concerned about the recent developments in the northern part of Ethiopia in Tigray and called on all parties in the neighbouring country to use peaceful means to resolve their differences.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters retook control of the Tigray region capital Mekelle on Monday 28 June, seven months after they withdrew from the city in November 2020.
Following the dramatic turn, the Ethiopian government announced a unilateral humanitarian ceasefire but the TPLF rejected the truce saying they want the Ethiopian army and allied troops out of the region.
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Dmitry Shlapachenko of Ukraine as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, with the host Governmentâs approval.  He will take up his post on 5 July.
Mr. Shlapachenko brings more than 25 years of experience in diplomacy, international cooperation, political and socioeconomic affairs, development coordination, peacebuilding, and strategic planning to the position.  At the United Nations, he was most recently Team Leader for the Horn of Africa and the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) at Headquarters in New York with the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and the Department of Peace Operations.  He also held leadership positions in Iraq, Kosovo, New York, Somalia, Tajikistan and Vienna.
Some 1.7 million people have been displaced by fighting between Ethiopian troops and the Tigray Defence Force, with 60,000 refugees crossing the border into neighbouring Sudan, added Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.
And more than 1,200 incidents of serious sexual and gender-based violence have been reported – a number that is likely just a fraction of the actual number of cases in a conflict that is impacting women and children especially hard.
“The lives of many of these people (in Tigray) depend on our ability to reach them with food, medicine, nutrition supplies and other humanitarian assistance,” he told the 15-member Council.
Security Council: Tigray Region, 2 July 2021
Format
SECURITY COUNCIL 8812TH MEETING (PM)
Note: Owing to the liquidity crisis and the current COVID-19 pandemic impacting our Organization, only a partial summary of statements made in today’s meeting of the Security Council is available at this time. The complete summary will be issued later as Press Release SC/14572.
Briefings
ROSEMARY DICARLO, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said Ethiopia is at a critical juncture. Issues plaguing the country must be addressed in a comprehensive and sustainable way, she said, stressing: “The consequences of not doing so could be disastrous.” Reviewing the latest developments, she pointed to the unilateral ceasefire in Tigray, announced on 28 June by the federal Government, and the withdrawal of the Ethiopian National Defence Force and the Provisional Tigray Administration from Tigray’s capital, Mekelle. The Tigray Defence Force, meanwhile, entered several