BY RUBY SANDHU Since time immemorial, there have been non-conformists and disruptors – they have made us look at the world through a new lens and progressed our evolution as a species. Captured as the David and Goliath myth. Today’s Goliath is a system where we continue to perpetuate policies which neither respect the planet, its ecosystem […]
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Statement of the Delegation of the State of Eritrea to the 34th Session of the UNHRC in Response to the Oral Update of the Special Rapporteur. BY ERITREA MISSION – GENEVA Mr. President, My delegation does not wish to waste the time of this august body to indulge in acrimonious exchanges with the Special Rapporteur. […]
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By Foreign Minister Osman Saleh, Honorable Ministers Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen The UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to set out common standards which every country should strive to achieve. The essence of this is promotion of the ideals of humanity. Human Rights Day is thus an opportunity to reflect on the human […]
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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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By ASHISH KUMAR SEN A UN panel’s expected conclusion that crimes against humanity are being committed in Eritrea would be legally indefensible because of the flawed methodology in the compilation of the report and would further erode the credibility of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa, said the Atlantic Council’s Bronwyn Bruton. The UN’s […]
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By Ministry of Information, The “Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea” has recently issued invitations to “interested individuals, groups and organizations” to submit alleged human rights violations, “including where these violations may amount to crimes against humanity perpetrated in Eritrea since its independence”. This act constitutes yet another campaign of unwarranted witch-hunting of Eritrea by an […]
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By Eritrea Mission to the UN, The following is the full statement made by Ambassador Girma Asmerom, Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the UN, during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur (SR) and the Commission of Inquiry (COI) at the third committee of the United Nations General Assembly on agenda item 72C: Promotion and Protection […]
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By Bereket Kidane, ERITREA has had the unfortunate reality of being the only African nation whose nation building efforts and sovereignty are continuously challenged by the morally-bankrupt UN bodies, NGOs and Ethiopia’s Western allies at the UNSC. No other country has been the target of such non-stop, well-funded, and highly organized propaganda campaign designed to […]
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