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O.N.L.F Statement On Opening Of UN Offices In Ogaden |
7 November
2007
The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
welcomes the decision of the United Nations
to resume humanitarian activities in Ogaden
which had been halted due to the blockade
imposed by the Ethiopian regime led by the
Tigray Peoples Liberation Front
(TPLF). Despite this welcome announcement,
it remains to be seen whether the TPLF
regime will allow the United Nations to
operate in a free and unfettered manner in
Ogaden. The TPLF regime is still unjustly
paranoid of international humanitarian
organizations as demonstrated by the fact
that it continues to deny the ICRC access to
the Ogaden.
It is indeed an unfortunate irony that the
same innocent people the United Nations
intends to resume feeding continue to be
killed by the TPLF regimes armed forces as
they execute their genocidal policy in
Ogaden. As such the ONLF also calls upon the
United Nations to expedite the constitution
of the UN fact finding team to investigate
human rights abuses in line with the
recommendations made by the recent
humanitarian assesment mission to Ogaden.
It is only through a four pronged approach
of lifting the ban on international
journalists, protecting civilians from the
regimes armed forces, resuming and
increasing humanitarian assistance and
seeking a comprehensive political settlement
to the Ogaden conflict through an
internationally mediated dialogue that the
plight of the people of Ogaden can be best
addressed.
Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
onlfpress@onlf.org |
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