BY WHAT’S IN BLUE Yesterday afternoon (21 February), Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo [briefed] Council members in consultations on Eritrea-Djibouti relations under the agenda item “Peace and Security in Africa”.
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BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (PH.D.) Last week, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to lift the nearly decade-long international sanctions on Eritrea. The news led to the outpouring of widespread joy and excited celebrations among Eritreans, both across the country and in cities around the world.
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BY THOMAS C MOUNTAIN It isn’t often the UN Security Council votes unanimously to remove sanctions against a country, but this past Wednesday, November 14 they did just that by saying goodbye to nine years of UNjust punishment against the small, socialist, east African country of Eritrea.
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BY MICHAELLE NICHOLS | REUTERS The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea, diplomats said, after the country’s rapprochement with Ethiopia and thawing of relations with Djibouti.
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The sanctions and arms embargo will end on the day of the adoption of the resolution BY AFP The UN Security Council is preparing to lift sanctions on Eritrea after the United States dropped its insistence on prolonging the measures despite a peace deal with Ethiopia, diplomats said Friday.
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BY UNITED NATIONS | PRESS RELEASE On 12 October 2018, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea held informal consultations to consider the final reports of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG), submitted pursuant to paragraph 48 of resolution 2385 (2017).
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BY TESFANEWS * President Isaias Afwerki met and held talks today at the State House with Russian delegation headed by President Putin’s Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
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BY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION The United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on Eritrea in 2009. Shortly thereafter, in 2011, sanctions on the country were expanded. These measures were, and remain, biased, unjustified, and not rooted in a genuine concern for international peace and security. No solid evidence was presented proving that Eritrea was guilty of […]
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