Security Council

6814th Meeting (AM)

Resolution 2060 (2012) Eases Measures Harmful to Humanitarian Aid Delivery

Reiterating that Somalia’s political transition will not be extended beyond 20 August 2012, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the group monitoring sanctions imposed on that country, explicitly targeting those who obstruct the process, while relaxing funding and equipment restrictions that could negatively affect the delivery of humanitarian aid.

SC/10471

Security Council
6674th Meeting (AM & PM)

Action Follows Statements by Region’s Representatives, via Video-, Teleconference, Including Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Claiming Eritrea ‘Prime Source of Instability’

Concerned at the potential use of the Eritrean mining sector as a financial source to destabilize the Horn of Africa region, the Security Council today reinforced the sanctions regime on that country to prevent mining funds from contributing to its continued violations of those measures.

SC/10348

Security Council
6596th Meeting (PM)

The Security Council today tightened its sanctions regime on Somalia and Eritrea to include individuals and entities identified as political or military leaders recruiting or using child soldiers in Somalia’s armed conflicts, and targeting civilians or committing attacks against schools and hospitals in the conflict-torn Horn of Africa country.

Human Rights Council

Seventeenth session

Agenda items 2 and 4

Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

Human rights situations that require that Council’s attention

I. Background

Summary

Two years after the 2008 food crisis, food insecurity persists in 29 countries worldwide, and more than one billion people remain hungry or undernourished. However, concerted efforts by the global community to coordinate actions for food and nutrition assistance and to provide increased resources for sustainable agricultural development, along with country-led policy initiatives that include farmers' organizations

Security Council

6289th Meeting (PM)

Condemning the continued flow of weapons that it said violated its arms embargoes on Somalia and Eritrea, the Security Council this afternoon extended for 12 months the mandate of the group monitoring those measures, expanding its mandate and giving it three additional experts.

Unanimously adopting resolution 1916 (2010) under the Charter's Chapter VII, the Council also condemned the misappropriation and politicization of humanitarian assistance by armed groups in Somalia and called upon all Member States and United Nations

Responses of the State of Eritrea to the recommendations made during the presentation of its UPR report, Geneva, 30 November 2009

1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review presented Eritrea with 137 Recommendations during the Sixth session, Geneva, 30 November 2009. In its response, The State of Eritrea (SoE) grouped the Recommendations into 28 clusters. After careful consideration, Eritrea accepted close to 50 per cent of the recommendations while rejecting

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Thirteenth session

Agenda item 6

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

Introduction

1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its sixth session from 30 November to 11 December 2009. The review of Eritrea was held at the 1st meeting on 30 November 2009. The delegation of Eritrea was headed by Dr. Girmai Abraham, Economic Advisor in the Ministry of National Development. At its 5th meeting held

I. METHODOLOGY AND CONSULTATION PROCESS

1. The National Report on the Universal Periodic Review was prepared in accordance with the General Guidelines for the Preparation of the Information under the Universal Periodic set out in Decision 6/102, of 27 September 2007.

2. A Steering Committee composed of representatives from the Office of the President of the State of Eritrea, Ministry of Foreign