than unanimity in spite of Washington´s undivided attention to get it done
with the support of all the 15 members. In reality, the just passed sanction
resolution against Eritrea has NOTHING to do with what Eritrea has done as
what Eritrea has refused to do! Simply stated, they want Eritrea to toe in
the proven disastrous political line Washington has been pursuing in the
Horn region for more than 50 years - especially vis-à-vis Eritrea and Ethiopia.
But, the bitter truth remains that Eritrea will never abandon its national
security interests just to appease a very irresponsible Superpower that is
acting more like a cowardly rat than the principled giant it could've been!
As ill-conceived as this act of banditry of the UNSC is, Eritrea remains
unfazed by the illegal and unwarranted actions thrown at her. Eritreans all
over the world are solidly behind their people and government and they will
continue to do so. They have fought too hard and far too long at tremendous
human suffering and material destruction to simply "Change" especially where
change is neither appropriate nor even necessary. They will continue to
protect their national interest regardless of what the US and its
unprincipled members of the so called UNSC do. But, let this cowardly and
illegal act of this US-sponsored UN action be a reminder to the enemies of
Eritrea and especially to the crime laden Weyane thugs that, in spite of
their malicious hallucinations, Eritrea will come up even stronger and more
determined than ever to head on any and all the evil machinations that is
aimed to weaken its spirit and derail it from its development activities. It
won't happen!
However it is only appropriate to remind the UNSC, once more, that its
callous and evil actions (inactions) and not Eritrea are the prime cause of
the horrendous human suffering and instability in the Horn region. And
unless the prime concerns of the peoples of the region are addressed and
addressed soon, the consequences would not be hard to fathom and the US and
the UNSC will bear full responsibility.
Never mind the inability or unwilling of the various US Administrations to
see things as they are, instead as they would like them to be, the following
rhetorical questions to the UNSC members are appropriate:
1) Why is it the non existent so called "Border issue with Djibouti" more
important and that needs to be settled than the real Ethiopia-Eritrea border
demarcation issue, which remains held hostage by the intransigence of the US
subservient Ethiopian government?
2) Why was this sanction necessary against Eritrea without any credible
evidence that it had broken any laws, while no sanction has been
contemplated against Ethiopia which continually flouts the rule of law by
refusing to abide by several of the UNSC resolutions regarding the Algiers
Treaty signed between Eritrea and Ethiopia with the US, UN as witnesses and
guarantors?
3) Why is Ethiopia allowed to behave irresponsibly by ignoring many of the
UNSC resolutions and supplying arms to Somali factions and actually invading
a sovereign Somali state all with the blessing of the US, a member of the
UNSC?
4) Why does the UNSC look the other way in spite of Ethiopia´s refusal to
vacate Eritrean sovereign territories as stated in the Algiers Treaty and
almost 7 years after the EEBC final verdict, which has confirmed all those
territories to Eritrea?
5) Why is it the welfare of the internally displaced Eritreans, as a result
of Ethiopian government war of aggression against Eritrea, less important
than some phantom Djiboutians who may have voluntarily crossed the border
into Eritrea as they usually do?
Historically, the UN, in general, and the UNSC, in particular, has very
dismal record of performance primarily because they seem to be intimidated,
bribed or cajoled by the United States of America or, to some extent, by the
other veto wielding states. It is little wonder then why many of its
resolutions remain ineffective and many times never implemented! It is
inappropriate to implement a resolution that is flawed, unfair and skewed
just to appease certain interest groups.
If the UN is going to be what it claims to be, it must be overhauled from
the ground up with all its 60 year old non working "Working" mechanisms
revisited, revised and/or amended as appropriate to fulfill the needs of all
its constituents, and not only the states with veto power.
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