Disappointment with UN

Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin has expressed disappointment with the UN and the international community, particularly over their reaction to the border war with Eritrea. “Africa has received little effective international cooperation, in particular from the UN, for sorting out its difficulties in the area of peace and security,” he told the UN General Assembly. Claiming Ethiopia was the “victim of aggression” by Eritrea, he said the UN “pretended, even though it knew better, that there was no aggression”. “Once the tone was set by the Security Council, others found it easy to overlook the injustice involved...in light of this experience, it is indeed difficult to keep intact our trust in the UN and in international cooperation,” he said.