March 10, 2021 – Konjit Sitotaw
የተባበሩት መንግስታት ድርጅት የልማት ፕሮግራም (UNDP) ለUN በጻፈው ማስታወሻ ትግራይ ላይ ለተነሳው ጦርነት ዋና ምክንያቱ ሕወሓት መሆኑን ይፋ አደረጓል።–The confidential memo—signed by Achim Steiner, the administrator of the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres
Ethiopian army soldiers stand as a child stand next to them at Mai Aini refugee camp, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, on Jan. 30. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images
የኤጀንሲው ዋና ዳይሬክተር አቺም ስቲነር ለአንቶኒዮ ጉተሬዝ በጻፉት ማስታወሻ ደም አፋሳሹ የትግራይ ጦርነት እንዲነሳ ዋና ጠንሳሹ እና ተጠያቂነትን መውሰድ ያለበት የሕወሓት ቡድን ነው ሲሉ መግለጻቸውን ታዋቂው Foreign Policy ድረገጽ ዘግቧል።
እንደ ዋና ዳይሬክተሩ ገለጻ ህዋሀት ለባለፉት ሁለት አመታት የፌድራል መንግስቱ ሪፎርሞችን ባለመቀበል እና ለአብይ አስተዳደር እንቅፋት በመሆን ማእከላዊ መንግስቱን ሲፈታተን ቆይቶ በመጨረሻም የሰሜን እዝ ላይ ጥቃት በመፈጸሙ የፌድራሉ መንግስት ከፍተኛ የተባለ የአጸፋ እርምጃ እንዲወስድ ምክንያት ሆኗል ሲሉ ተናግረዋል!ዋና ዳይሬክተሩ ጨምረው እንደገለጹት ሕወሓት በNov.4 የፈጸመው ጥቃት “በየትኛውም የአለማችን ክፍሎች ላይ ቢፈጠር ጦርነት ሊያስነሳ የሚችል ተግባር” መሆኑን አውስተው የአለም አቀፉ ማህበረሰብ የሕወሓትን የሁለት አመት ትንኮሳ ግምት ውስጥ ማስገባት እና ከኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ጎን መቆም እንዳለበት መክረዋል።–
UNDP Memo Echoes Ethiopian Talking Points on Tigray
The four-page memo points to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, Ethiopia’s former ruling political party, as provoking the Ethiopian government offensive by attacking and seizing Ethiopia’s Northern Command headquarters in Tigray in early November 2020, in what would have been an “act of war everywhere in the world, and one that typically triggers military response in defense of any nation,” according to the Feb. 16 memo, which was obtained by Foreign Policy.
The memo provides a largely sympathetic account of Ethiopia’s role in the crisis, echoing government talking points and repeating the Ethiopian leadership’s says that the international community has failed to address Tigrayan provocations over the past two years, including its opposition to government reforms and refusal to engage in political talks with the government. The memo also urges donor states to focus more on development and humanitarian goals and less on reprimanding the Ethiopian government over its human rights record and especially the excesses committed during the conflict. It recommends that any investigation into human rights abuses be led by Ethiopia’s own national Human Rights Commission, possibly with international participation.
“In a context like Ethiopia, this approach is likely to be counter-productive and will yield no results,” the memo states, referring to taking a confrontational tack.