Eritrea’s Response to Issues Raised by the Somalia Eritrea Monitoring Group

By Eritrea’s Mission to the UN, The government of Eritrea commends the Chair of the Security Council Committee, His Excellency Ambassador Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno for organizing this important dialogue and interaction between Eritrea and SEMG. Eritrea also appreciates the constructive role the UN Secretariat is playing. It must be underlined and recalled that the […]

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Letter from the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the UN Security Council President

Letter dated 24 February 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council New York, 24 February 2016 H.E. Mr. Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno President of the Security Council United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 Excellency, In reference to the meeting of the UN Security […]

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The UNSC, SEMG, Susan Rice, Ethiopia et al: When Will the Shenanigans End?

By Alem Fisshatzion, This month marks yet another dark milestone in the Eritrean nation’s history as she was once again dealt a very unfair and shameful blow under the belt by the latest report of the Somalia-Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) presented on 18 February 2016. Although the report states that the Monitoring Group did not […]

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Somalia-Eritrea Monitoring Group Oversteps its Mandate Again

By Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Somalia Eritrea Monitoring Group report, presented by the Chair of the Committee on Thursday February 18th pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009), is replete with the flaws and unsubstantiated allegations that have often characterized the behavior of the group in the past years.

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UNSC to Reconsider Eritrea Sanction, Reiterates No Evidence Eritrea Supported Al-Shabaab

By TesfaNews*, The Somalia-Eritrea Sanctions Committee provided an update to the Security Council yesterday (18) on the recent findings of its Monitoring Group and called Eritrea for “frank and sincere” cooperation over its reported involvement in the Yemen conflict, support for armed groups in Ethiopia and progress on the question of Djibouti prisoners of war. […]

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Eritrea’s Statement on “Working Methods of the Subsidiary Organs of the UN Security Council”

By Ambassador Girma Asmerom, Mr. President; Distinguished Colleagues; I would like to thank the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela, in particular Ambassador Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno, for organizing this important and timely debate on the Working Methods of the Subsidiary Organs of the Security Council. Given the complex and dynamic global environment improving the working methods […]

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UN Security Council – Sanction Thyself!

By Alem Fisshatzion, Millions of my fellow countrymen both inside and outside of Eritrea were once again deeply disappointed when the notorious scandal-infested and highly-failed United Nations Security Council shamelessly decided on Thursday 23rd October, 2015 to continue maintaining its dubious sanction imposed upon Eritrea for yet another year. Well, to my fellow countrymen I say, […]

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UN Security Council Monitoring Group Report on Eritrea

By TesfaNews, The seven members of the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea today submitted the signed and final report on Eritrea to Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño, the Chairperson of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea. Chairman Rafael Darío Ramírez Carreño, on his part transmitted […]

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