The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday 6 October expressing alarm at human rights violations in Ethiopia linked to the renewed conflict in Tigray. It reiterates its call for an immediate cessation of hostilities and an unconditional ceasefire, as well as full, immediate and sustained humanitarian access.
The Parliament stresses that women and children are suffering the most from the conflict and that children in Tigray are heavily affected by famine, violence, lack of medical aid and education, family dislocation and forced displacement.
As a result of the war, one in three Tigrayan children under the age of five and half of all pregnant and breastfeeding women are malnourished, and 1.39 million children in the region are unable to attend school, say MEPs.
The Parliament welcomes the ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the conflict, in particular through the mediation of the African Union. It calls on the UN Security Council to take meaningful and decisive action to ensure unhindered humanitarian access, the protection of civilians, the condemnation and cessation of grave violations of international law and to ensure accountability for the atrocities committed.
Link to the resolution: https://aeur.eu/f/3gm (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)