Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch’s report concludes that new administrators in the Western Tigray zone, as well as regional officials and security forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region, are responsible for a campaign of ethnic cleansing, carried out through crimes against humanity and war crimes, targeting Tigrayan civilians in Western Tigray since the war began in November 2020.
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
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