BY AMBASSADOR SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the UN, At the Sixth Committee, 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Under Agenda Item 109: “Measures to Eliminate Terrorism” 10 October 2019, New York Mr. Chairman, Let me seize this opportunity to congratulate you and the other members of the Bureau on your […]
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The UN General Assembly plenary meeting today elects 18 member states, including Eritrea, to the 47-member UN Human Rights Council based in Geneva. BY UNITED NATIONS The General Assembly today elected 18 States to the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body responsible for promoting and protecting all human rights around the globe.
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BY TESFANEWS There was support for a serious rethink of engagement and examining ways of strengthening support to Somalia at the High-Level Meeting on Somalia that was co-hosted by Ethiopia, Italy, Somalia and the United Kingdon in New York.
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The participation of African member states at international gatherings has so far created no meaningful interest for the continent. Why? BY MELA GHEBREMEDHIN | (Edited by Metkel Sewra) The United Nations is concluding its international meeting season, hosting the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) that began on September 12th. Year in and […]
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Statement by Mr. Yemane Ghebreab at the Interactive Dialogue (UNGA, Third Committee, New York, 27 October 2016) Mr. President, Excellencies, Eritrea sees little value in entering into a polemic with the Special Rapporteur. We prefer an altogether different and positive approach. We wish to explain our situation, point to our modest achievements, describe our challenges, […]
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The following is the full text of the speech made by H.E. Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea, at the United Nations Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda on 26 September 2015.
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, DURING the general discussion on the report of the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees, Questions relating to Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons at the third committee of the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly, Eritrea stressed for the need to have a clear distinction between economic migrants and refugees. A statement […]
Continue ReadingBy Shabait, ERITREA’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Girma Asmerom, has underscored that Eritrea reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestation. He made the remarks at the Sixth Committee of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly pertaining to eliminating international terrorism. Ambassador Girma stressed that that […]
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