UN Pressure on Ethiopia Ramps Up as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
- U.S. ambassador warns that food stocks in Tigray are depleted
- Guterres appeals for $5.5 billion to tackle food insecurity
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Photographer: Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg
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The Biden administration’s new envoy to the United Nations is seeking to dial up the pressure on countries like Ethiopia and Yemen to end their conflicts as growing humanitarian crises in the midst of a global pandemic push millions to the brink of starvation.
The U.S., which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month, was joined by Ireland and other council members in pressing Ethiopia’s government to end a war that’s been raging in its northern Tigray region, warning that vast numbers of displaced people run the risk of starvation.