At UN, Gabon Begins Move for More Sanctions on Eritrea in UNSC
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, October 14, updated -- For days as the Eritrean Permanent Representative Araya Desta has been checking and re-checking the Security Council, Gabon's Permanent Representative Nelson Messone has been speaking
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS, October 14, updated — For days as the Eritrean Permanent Representative Araya Desta has been checking and re-checking the Security Council, Gabon’s Permanent Representative Nelson Messone has been speaking to other member’s ambassadors one by one.
When Inner City Press asked Messone what project he was working on, Messone laughed it off. Desta meanwhile said that the next step would be Eritrea’s submission of its “comprehensive response” to charges that it, among other things, planned to bomb the Africa Union summit in Addis Ababa. “We will never give in,” Desta told Inner City Press.
On Friday morning outside the so-called “horizon briefing” of the Council by the UN Department of Political Affairs, sources told Inner City Press that the topics in the closed meeting included Somalia, Madagascar and “sanctions.”
Then Inner City Press heard that Gabon would be circulating a draft resolution for new sanctions on Eritrea.
Then one source then another said that new Eritrea sanctions were mentioned in the consultations Friday morning. Diplomats from Eritrea’s neighbors came down to the stakeout…..
Update of 12:50 pm — As the Security Council meeting broke up, it was confirmed that Gabon is circulating the draft Eritrea sanctions resolution, and that South Africa is not a co-sponsor. Inner City Press asked US Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis if the US is a co-sponsor of the resolution. “Nothing for you today,” he said.
Subsequently another Permanent Five member’s representative told Inner City Press that confidentiality was a major topic in the consultations – although not mostly directed at the topic of Eritrea. More to follow.
Dawit, Birmingham, UK October 16, 2011
we need this sanction to place on Issais. Issais is destablizing the region mainly Eritrean people. He is produint the largest refugee in the world. He is dictatorial regime without any kind of law in the country and leading in a brutal way. No free press and express of opinion. We Eritreans are already under Issais sanction for the last 20 years. The coming sanction will only hurt Issais and his followers.
The world should open its eyes on the 2% which the major fund that helps Issais to fuel war and terror in East africa and mainly Eritreans that helps him to tighten security and its jails.
Issais should be brought to ICC court and face justices. The young Eritreans are now challenging the dictatorial regime.
abdi October 16, 2011
I can’t believe this, somebody claims to be eritrean and beg Eritrea to be sanctioned? You need to understand what sanction means,we saw Iraq the rich country and what effects the ( ages ago lifted )sanction has been doing on her ppl,even after the fall of sadam (RIP),with all the resources and oil they got still they suffering,
so eritreans we need to think 10x before shouting ( sanction-sanction against ISAYAS,) the ppl and the nation will be hurt the most ,and we need to check all corners Eritrea needs to use its resources to rise and improve our living standards, this should be what we all have to think about regardless we are opposition or not.
Wake up, Ethiopia (agame) will only benefit from this sanction,because they don’t want Eritrea to shine and be economically and politically independent, we all have seen how they fabricated and accused us,thanks to wikileaks their ill will was exposed.
so supporting the sanction means shooting yourself and your own family and no one will kill himself /family to please woyane.
REGARDLESS OUR POLITICAL OPINIONS- ERITREA COMES FIRST.
NO TO SANCTION.
Jemal October 16, 2011
Abdi can you please leave Eritrean web cites . You can’t even get a right to have it post your openion where you are bleeding to support those marderers . Now imagine if you were happen to be in Eritrea and writting any thing against the regime you will be histry. So If you have a brain as you claim to be you do that’s what we are fighting for for freedom and you better appreciat Assenna that you got achance to have your voice heard .
abdi October 16, 2011
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oromay October 16, 2011
Yes Eritrea comes..but Eritrea is bleeding to death by your master Isias.
abdi October 16, 2011
Oromay i saw your name in topix eritrean forum soliciting for woyane so you don’t have the right to discuss here eritrean issue,off to where you used to mislead ppl.
Jemal October 16, 2011
Yes : i tototaly agree with the abave statement with to go a head for onther & more stricter sanction to the governement of Eritrea . What a difference is it going to make to the Eritrean people any way . Eritrean people have been on sanction since ever those idiots stepping to the country ; actually it’s worst than dergi ; Dergi atleast allow you to visit prisiners and take Kolokia plus don’t forget Dergi is an enemy .But those animals are shooting and killing any body whose idea is against or thier oppenent they make shure he /she put in prison because he or she is a threat to the Nation . Now can any body tell me if there is any other worst threat to the nation more than those animals with follower i doubt not.
So please all Eritreans all over the world support the idea of sanction and sighin up pettation & write to UN ; AU ; and EU and to US as well how worst regime in earth our country is
abdi October 16, 2011
you should know who he is before agree to his comment.
I go with addis comment that the sanction won’t effect the gov’t more than it does to ordinary eritreans,don’t be motivated by emotion and study what the consequences gonna be on Eritrea and eritreans,plus will that force the gov’t to step down? And let say a miracle occurred and happen he stepped down,who you wanna put in his place? Dr.bereket and/or his colleagues from addis,to declare Eritrea the 14th province of Ethiopia?
I suggest if we Asking for change by a peaceful manner with out hurting the county’s economy and without any external interferences (specially Ethiopia )in and ouside the country more likely to achieve a good outcome,specially the people in diaspora if we all agreed to work to gather not in opposition form but as eritreans and want to see change in the policy,other than that no change will come in
Eritrea specially by those oppositions because MOST Eritreans DO NOT TRUST them,
and with out the majority the gov’t / oppositions are like fish with out water.
kozami October 16, 2011
The proposed sanctions are toothless and would be of only symbolic value. Essentially, any and all sanctions regime is squarely targeted at the most vulnerable lower strands of a given country’s economic demography. The mining sanction is not practical whatsoever neither is the 2% addendum. Here are a mining corporation in partnerships, for whose, the shareholders include governments and multi-nationals! IMO it would take the cunning of an alchemist to pull the rug from under their feet. They can sure try though. The 2% non-sense is just that a non-sense! if they take themselves for an Houdini incarnate, let them them show us how long the could keep hold of a smoke in their clenched fists. However, for those wanna be opposition, and are trying to have a champagne on a beer budget (that is if you get my drift/draft!) let them behold and sit tight… until the big white elephant comes to ride them to their palace of ultimate daydreaming.
Huluf, October 17, 2011
Abdi,
No, if he stepped down I would even vote for you. You could better than this emotionally ridden and hasty war declaring president…ok seriously, Even General Sebhat although I would not vote for him could be a uniter president. I know he is capable and tacit in his dealings. But my vote of confidence would go to a miliatary genius, charismatic and globally astute Petros Solomon…I could go on and on in the list of lists….Eritrea has more men died for it why can it not have leaders. As for the union, Woyane are very clever not to dangle with that card and to the contrary they have learnt Tigray is more powerful with free Eritrea. I could give you reasons why another time….so this fear that a soverign nation is going to be taken over in day light is all drama. What can create that is if we continue in this path with no change…not if DIA is gone into the wind.
Abrhaley E't'iDne October 16, 2011
Isayas is in power illegally and wants to stay in power at any cost. We eritreans want him out at eritrean cost. When a country is siezed by some one who’s challenges are legal what he need is sanction from the int community. We need to remember the guy is an idiot who acts like Gadaffi and be friended with Mubarak with no money. Guess what his future is ? Most likely.. like the rumanian leader or Samuel Doe of Liberia.
I am not clothing my eyes and making a wish. I will be around and cloth to the event of that day.
addis October 16, 2011
I was in Eritrea and i met a lot of people I talk about a lot of stuff about eritrea and eritreans and all of them their conclusion was that god has something for eritrea and they have a great hope and that hope is not sanction for sure. The goverment of eritrea is very powerful with a lot of exprience and the sanction will not affect them however the whole country will go back ward like it did after the war with weyane remember untill 96 everything was progressing but after the war everything slowly destroyed.
Huluf, October 17, 2011
Addis,
Stop dreaming those wonderful speak of God because of despair….they have given up on their governoment thus speak of God has something for Eritrea…every one in hoplessness does that. You sound so touristic on your comments.
Let me tell God will have nothing for a country that stands and watches when a noble Patirarch of Tewhdo is shamefully removed by the hands of the governoment, God will have nothing for a country that puts in jail it’s heroes…while it creates special class treatement for those like you and I visiting …our kids toured in the pretext of “….know your land…” nonsense….God will have nothing for a country in denial when 300+ of it’s children perish in mediteranean sea, God will have nothing but to wonder when TURTH does not have relatives in Eritrea….izi wodehankha…stop playing middle ground.
Baree October 16, 2011
Abdi,
I agree with you and it shoudl start with DIA stepping down…the remaining people of the governoment will fix this easy. I guarantee you Neither Gen Sebhat, Gen Wuch, Gen Teclai, and Yemane other figure head cohorts of higdef would stand on the way…..Eritrea would reset itself quickly …we Eritreans do not even have political divisions….it is this foul mouth who has created havov.
DIA is fully aware it is months as these episodes unravel one after the other and guess what it is natural his direct enemies and some who do not have a good will for Eritrea take advantage of . It is called politics an ugly one he himself is good at…..such us making sure the top generals are always sqaubbling he does it artisitically everytime……Truth is stepping in it’s early phase of the third stage. Be brave enough to open a dialogue with your fellow eritreans . Listen feel emphatize….the rest is easy.
Baree October 16, 2011
corrected version..
Abdi,
I agree with you and it shoudl start with DIA stepping down…the remaining people of the governoment will fix this easy. I guarantee you Neither Gen Sebhat, Gen Wuch, Gen Teclai, and Yemane other figure head cohorts of higdef would NOT stand on the way…..Eritrea would reset itself quickly …we Eritreans do not even have political divisions….it is this foul mouth who has created havoc….they left their homes to fight for Eritrea and not to get in this self centered DIA game.
DIA is fully aware it is months as these episodes unravel one after the other and guess what it is natural his direct enemies and some who do not have a good will for Eritrea take advantage of . It is called politics an ugly one he himself is good at…..such us making sure the top generals are always sqaubbling he does it artisitically everytime……Truth is stepping in it’s early phase of the third stage. Be brave enough to open a dialogue with your fellow eritreans . Listen feel emphatize….the rest is easy.
GHEZAI October 16, 2011
THE eriteran people been sactioned for many years. by esayas you stupid prejudes abdi
abdi October 16, 2011
eti stupid dea entay amtse’O hawey?
kozami October 16, 2011
The proposed sanctions are toothless and would be of only symbolic value. Essentially, any and all sanctions regime is squarely targeted at the most vulnerable lower strands of a given country’s economic demography. The mining sanction is not practical whatsoever neither is the 2% addendum. Here are a mining corporation in partnerships for whose the shareholders include governments and multi-nationals, it would take the cunning of an alchemist to pull the rug from under their feet. The can sure try though. The 2% non-sense is just that a non-sense! if they take themselves for Houdini incarnate, let them them show us how long the can keep hold of a smoke in their clenched fists. However, for those wanna be opposition who are trying to have a champagne on a beer budget, that is if you get my drift, let them behold and sit tight until the big white elephant rides them to their palace ultimate daydreaming.
Huluf, October 17, 2011
Kozami,
If remittance of money becomes illegal by any western governoment I will guarantee you even Sophia Tesfamariam or infamed doctorate holder Gideon would not stomach it… Forget 2%…there will no 100 dollars going…Yes some hawale will be created that means the rich in Eritrea will export their money out leaving Higdef high and dry for foreign currency..No one has any idea what is unravelling(prblem with us we ususally talk of now)….Now was yesterday, the future is now….I have one respect for DIA, he exactly knows what is about roll down….
truly, Truly i say to you October 16, 2011
The fact is besides the newly sanction unless the sanction not proceeded by Areb people like public upraising parallely , that pfdj will not be affected or will not give them a dam as long as they in power, but defiantly the people and the nation interest that will be affected. So the point is for me after sanction, if the regime is untouchabley be able to continue business like as usual , I mean to suppress and to suffer our people that the sanction is has purpose to say only to keep foreign Minnie companies interest. Because the psyclogy is the more pfdj scared to his power the more will be compromising to deal the mine deal cheaply, or it could be be un enforcing psychological manoeuvre in case the pfdj not to stop the mine deal from sealing cheaply, that has already started, or it could be a distraction manoeuvre inorder to restrain that pfdj not to compromise from seeking or dealing with other cheap companies,or the more pfdj scare for its power the more will be ready to invest the money to buy weapon, so that other companies indirectly to get back the money what the pfdj got from mining. That is the way to take back the poor mind 3rd world Africans wealth. To hold nations hostage because of disobedience is a big knowledge like it is written in the scripture
How great is are God´s riches! How deep are his wisdom and knowledge,Who knows the mind of the Lord?( Romans 11; 32- 33)
Semhar October 17, 2011
This is the moment we must come together to save our land and our people.
The dictator must go!
– The international community’s talking peace and carrying big stick [sanctions] is having an effect.
– His boss (Mubarak of Egypt) is thrown out of power.
– His adored brother (Gaddafi) is facing worse fate then Mubarak.
– The Eritrean people are beginning to realize that there is no point in waiting for the regime to reform itself — that it needs to be overthrow. This is the moment we must come together to save our land and our people.
Let freedom ring in Akeleguzay!
Let freedom ring in Barka!
Let freedom ring in Denkel!
Let freedom ring in Hamasien!
Let freedom ring in Sahil!
Let freedom ring in Semhar!
Let freedom ring in Senhit!
Let freedom ring in Seraye!
Let freedom ring allover ERITREA!