“It is my duty to defend the honour of the United Nations,” Guterres told reporters after the rare public exchange with Ethiopia's UN ambassador, Taye Atske Selassie Amde, at the end of the council meeting on the situation in the country.
“It is my duty to defend the honour of the United Nations,” Guterres told reporters after the rare public exchange with Ethiopia's UN ambassador, Taye Atske Selassie Amde, at the end of the council meeting on the situation in the country.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hit back at Ethiopia on Wednesday over the government's expulsion of seven UN staff, demanding proof of accusations against them raised by Ethiopia's UN ambassador during a Security Council meeting.
“To use their own words, they were looking to create a Darfur-like situation,” said Selassie. “They, suddenly and overnight, created one million victims of health disaster.” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield described the Ethiopian move to expel the UN officials as “reckless,” adding: “There's no justification for the government of Ethiopia's action, none at all.”
“Our colleagues on the ground are sharing increasingly alarming eyewitness testimony of the suffering — including growing accounts of hunger-related deaths,” Guterres said earlier in the council meeting.
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