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Statement by the Delegation of Ethiopia in exercising the right of reply under Item 4. The full written statement is attached here under,

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia,

The Ethiopian government is indeed fully cognizant of its obligations under International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, to which Ethiopia is a party. That is why it undertook the law enforcement operations in the Tigray region with utmost precaution to avoid as much as possible collateral damage on civilians and civilian institutions.

The Ethiopian government also takes any allegations of human rights abuses and crimes extremely seriously. That is why it acted swiftly to undertake the necessary investigation to verify those allegations and bring perpetrators to justice. It is in this context that a team composed of representatives from the Federal Attorney General and the Federal Police Commission has been deployed in the Tigray Region to carry out this investigative work. In addition, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has been investigating and reporting on human rights issues, including the Mai Kadra massacre, civilian casualties, sexual violence, and allegations of discriminatory treatment.

The outcome of these investigations will enable the government to bring the perpetrators to justice and comprehensively address alleged human rights violations and crimes that have occurred in the Tigray region. The EHRC has already publicized some of its preliminary findings and recommendations from its independent investigations. Furthermore, the Ethiopian government has demonstrated its readiness to engage positively and constructively with all the relevant regional and international stakeholders in responding to the serious allegations of human rights abuses and crimes. In this regard, it has already expressed its willingness to collaborate with international human rights experts and, if need be, conduct joint investigations with the relevant bodies.

It is in this spirit that the government has been engaging with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). And now, it has proposed to cooperate and engage with the relevant African Union mechanisms, including the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) in the investigation of alleged human rights violations in the Tigray region. Discussions are currently underway to look at the modalities for implementing this commitment.

However, the allegations, in fact, outright accusations of ethnic cleansing of Tigrayans by US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken during his testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on 10 March 2021, is a completely unfounded and spurious verdict against the Ethiopian government. Nothing during or after the end of the main law enforcement operation in Tigray can be identified or defined by any standards as a targeted, intentional ethnic cleansing against anyone in the region. That is why the Ethiopian government vehemently opposes such accusations.

Overblowing things out of proportion while the Ethiopian government has made its position unequivocally clear on the need for thorough investigation in collaboration with regional and international partners does not serve the purpose of justice other than unnecessarily politicizing the issue. This notwithstanding, the Ethiopian government attaches particular importance to its longstanding and strategic relations with the United States. It is committed to work closely with the current US administration in further strengthening and boosting this important bilateral relationship over the coming years. The Ethiopian government is certainly appreciative of the support by the US to the ongoing reform agenda and it always stands ready to continue holding frank exchange of views on bilateral and regional issues of common interests and concerns.

Ethiopia has officially launched COVID 19 Vaccination at Eka Kotebe hospital in the presence of senior government officials and representatives of UN and other regional and international organizations. Several regions have also begun the vaccination.

The vaccination has started in Addis Ababa with inoculation of frontline health workers.

Oromia, Harari, Somali, Tigray, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples, Afar, Amhara and Benshangul Gumuz regions have started the vaccination.

Oromia regional sate has started the Vaccination at Modjo town where the frontline health professional become the first to receive the inoculation.

Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse has launched the vaccination and took the first shot in Mekelle City, Tigray regional state in the presence of regional officials where CEO of the Interim Administration, Dr. Mulu Nega has vaccinated against the virus.

State Minister of the Ministry of Health, Alemtsehay Paulos has also presided over the start of the vaccination in Harari Region at Jegol Health Center in Harar town.

Deputy President of Somali Regional State, Mustafa Omer along with health professionals received the inoculation.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has arrived in the city of Hawassa today.

The Prime Minister is expected to attend the inauguration of Yirgalem Integrated Agro-Industry Park tomorrow.

Federal and regional state officials are also expected to attend the event.

The Prime Minister thanked the Sidama people for their warm welcome.

የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ በ6ኛው ጠቅላላ ምርጫ ላይ ለመሳተፍ ዕጩዎች ያቀረቡ ፓርቲዎች ዝርዝር ይፋ አድርጓል።

በዝርዝሩ መሰረት 125 እጩዎች በግል የሚወዳደሩ፣ አራት ፓርቲዎች ለክልል ምክር ቤት ብቻ የሚወዳደሩ ሲሆኑ ሁለት ፓርቲዎች ደግሞ ለተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ብቻ የሚወዳደሩ ናቸው።

ዕጩዎች ያቀረቡ ፓርቲዎች ዝርዝር

1. ሐረሪ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት

2. ሞቻ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ

3. ራያ ራዩማ ዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ

4. ቅማንት ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ

5. ባልደራስ ለእውነተኛ ዲሞክራሲ

6. ብልፅግና ፓርቲ

7. ኅብር ኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ

8. ኅዳሴ ፓርቲ

9. ነፃነትና እኩልነት ፓርቲ

10. አዲስ ትውልድ ፓርቲ

11. እናት ፓርቲ

12. ካፋ አረንጓዴ ፓርቲ

13. የጋምቤላ ሕዝብ ነፃነት ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ

14. የጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች ነፃነት ንቅናቄ

15. የጋሞ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ

16. የጌድዮ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት

17. የመላው ኢትዮጵያ አንድነት ድርጅት

18. የሲዳማ ሕዝብ አንድነት ዴሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት

19. የሲዳማ አንድነት ፓርቲ

20. የቁጫ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ

21. የቤንሻንጉል ሕዝብ ነፃነት ንቅናቄ

22. የአገው ብሔራዊ ሸንጎ

23. የአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ

24. የአማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ኃይል ንቅናቄ

25. የአርጎባ ሕዝብ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት

26. የአርጐባ ብሔረሰብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ

27. የአፋር ሕዝብ ፓርቲ

28. የአፋር ነፃ አውጪ ግንባር ፓርቲ

29. የአፋር አብዮታዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት ግንባር

30. የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ

31. የኢትዮጵያ ሶሻል ዲሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ

32. የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ

33. የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ አንድነት ፓርቲ

34. የኢትዮጵያ ነፃነት ፓርቲ

35. የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማኅበራዊ-ፍትህ ፓርቲ

36. የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራቲክ ኅብረት

37. የኦጋዴን ብሔራዊ ነፃነት ግንባር

38. የኦሮሞ ነፃነት ንቅናቄ

39. የካፋ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ኅብረት

40. የወለኔ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ

41. የዎላይታ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር

42. የዎላይታ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ

43. የዶንጋ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት

44. የጋምቤላ ህዝቦች ፍትህ ለሰላም እና ልማት ዴሞክራቲክ ንቅናቄ

45. የምእራብ ሶማሌ ዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ

46. የቦሮ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ

47. የካፋ ህዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ህብረት