Addis Ababa, February 13, 2021 (Walta) – Ministry of Peace announced that the government of Ethiopia has granted permits to 75 international organizations that have applied to the Tigray region through humanitarian engagement.
Following the law enforcement process in the Tigray Regional State, the Ministry of Peace has been coordinating extensive humanitarian and rehabilitation activities over the past three months in collaboration with more than 26 international organizations, including United Nations agencies.
Over the past three months, 75 members of international organizations who have applied for access to the Tigray Regional State have been granted access to support the humanitarian and rehabilitation process.
In its capacity as a co-chair of the Emergency Coordination Center (ECC), the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) is coordinating the emergency humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation process in collaboration with the Ethiopian Government.