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Security Council Press Statement on Ethiopia
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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Dinh Quy Dang (Viet Nam):
The members of the Security Council noted with concern the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region, Ethiopia.
The members of the Security Council acknowledged the efforts by the Government of Ethiopia to provide humanitarian assistance and to provide increased humanitarian access. The members of the Security Council recognized, nevertheless, that humanitarian challenges remain. They called for a scaled-up humanitarian response and unfettered humanitarian access to all people in need, including in the context of the food security situation.
Breaking: UNSC calls for scaled up, unfettered humanitarian access in Tigray; expresses deep concern on rights abuse, sexual violence reports
Addis Standard Staffs
Addis Abeba, April 22/2021 – As part of a continuation of the UNSC meeting held on April 15 at a closed door meeting at the request of the US under Any other Business (AOB), members of the SC reached at a consensus and issued a statement calling for “a scaled up humanitarian response and unfettered humanitarian access to all people in need, including in the context of the food security situation.” in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray regional state.
The SC members said they “acknowledged the efforts by the Government of Ethiopia to provide humanitarian assistance and to provide increased humanitarian access” but said “humanitarian challenges remain.”
Hundreds of women have reported horrific accounts of rape and gang rape since the start of the conflict in Tigray Nearly six months after the eruption of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations Security Council has issued its first joint statement on the continuing crisis, expressing “deep concern” about allegations of human rights violations, including reports of sexual violence against women and girls.
The 15-member body on Thursday also called for “a scaled-up humanitarian response and unfettered humanitarian access” to address humanitarian needs, including for people in the embattled region who are in need of food assistance.