Addis Ababa, October 7, 2021 (Walta) – Ambassador Taye Atskeselassie said that the UN personnel expelled out of Ethiopia for sidelining their oaths, the rules of professional conduct, and the principles of humanitarian assistance.
Ambassador Taye during his remarks at the Security Council meeting about current situations in Ethiopia said that I don’t want to hide my surprise in the convening of this meeting of the Security Council. We find it incomprehensible for this August body to discuss the decision of a sovereign state exercised within the domain of international law and sovereign prerogative.
There have been several instances where governments had expelled the UN staff and other diplomatic envoys for so many disclosed and undisclosed reasons. Did the council ever meet to vindicate such a decision? Not to the best of our recollection, he underscored.
We truly hoped council members would have the insight to leave this matter to the government of Ethiopia and the United Nations.
At the outset, I would like to register our position that the government of Ethiopia is not under any legal obligation to provide justifications or explanations for its decisions, he stressed.
According to sources, the Security Council made its 10th meeting about Ethiopia yesterday yet no common understanding is reached among members of the council.