GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization made a passionate appeal to his beleaguered home region tigre In Ethiopia On Thursday, he said he had relatives, saying he could not communicate or send money amid a blockade by government forces.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in some of his most personal remarks about the region that flared up again on Wednesday after months of peace, expressed his inability to help his loved ones among the 6 million stranded in Tigre.
“I have many relatives there. I want to send money. I can’t send money. They are starving. I know I can’t help them,” he said, about Tigre during his regular WHO The latest news briefing in a series of arguments made.
Tedros said, “I can’t help them. I can’t help them. I can share with what I have. I can’t do that because they’re completely locked up.”
“I can’t talk to them. I don’t even know who’s dead or who’s alive.”
Tedros, an ethnic Tiger, insisted he is not playing favorites with Tigre and has spoken out about humanitarian crises in several places, including YemenSyria, Ukraine and Congo.
But he has sought to remove perceived passivity and inattention from a world full of other trouble spots and worries, and has previously said he believes his people are overlooked because of the color of their skin. Is.
He said the Tigre crisis was extraordinary because the region remains cut off from the world, including humanitarian aid shipments by government forces in Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea, to the people in need.
“Can you tell me any place in the world in a similar situation?” They said. “We are talking about the six million people (who) are being punished collectively.”
On Wednesday, Tigre officials accused Ethiopia’s military of launching a “large-scale” offensive into Tigre for the first time in a year. Government officials countered that Tigre forces had attacked earlier.
The conflict began in November 2020, killing thousands AfricaIt is the second most populous country of.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in some of his most personal remarks about the region that flared up again on Wednesday after months of peace, expressed his inability to help his loved ones among the 6 million stranded in Tigre.
“I have many relatives there. I want to send money. I can’t send money. They are starving. I know I can’t help them,” he said, about Tigre during his regular WHO The latest news briefing in a series of arguments made.
Tedros said, “I can’t help them. I can’t help them. I can share with what I have. I can’t do that because they’re completely locked up.”
“I can’t talk to them. I don’t even know who’s dead or who’s alive.”
Tedros, an ethnic Tiger, insisted he is not playing favorites with Tigre and has spoken out about humanitarian crises in several places, including YemenSyria, Ukraine and Congo.
But he has sought to remove perceived passivity and inattention from a world full of other trouble spots and worries, and has previously said he believes his people are overlooked because of the color of their skin. Is.
He said the Tigre crisis was extraordinary because the region remains cut off from the world, including humanitarian aid shipments by government forces in Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea, to the people in need.
“Can you tell me any place in the world in a similar situation?” They said. “We are talking about the six million people (who) are being punished collectively.”
On Wednesday, Tigre officials accused Ethiopia’s military of launching a “large-scale” offensive into Tigre for the first time in a year. Government officials countered that Tigre forces had attacked earlier.
The conflict began in November 2020, killing thousands AfricaIt is the second most populous country of.