State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Redwan Hussein said to Ambassadors resided in Addis Ababa on Tuesday that  UNHRC's call for establishment of an international commission of experts on Ethiopia is unacceptable and Ethiopia will not cooperate with the setup mechanism.

The decision undermines the principle of subsidiarity since Ethiopia is cooperating with relevant human rights mechanisms, besides having an effective human rights mechanism in the country, he said.

He added that the decision disregards Ethiopia’s commitment to take measures according to the recommendations put forward by the joint OHCHR-EHRC findings.

“It would have been logical had the Council decided to launch a joint UN-EHRC investigation on human rights abuses perpetrated by the TPLF in the Amhara and Afar regions,” he noted. 

Redwan stated that the government did a lot to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Tigray but not effective due to TPLF’s intransigence.

The State Minister highlighted how the TPLF’s failure to reciprocate the Government’s declaration of the Unilateral Humanitarian Ceasefire last June and the international community’s reluctance to appreciate it has exacerbated all the problems that ensued thereafter.