In a significant milestone for Eritrea, its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam, has been appointed Vice President of the Executive Board Bureau of UNICEF for the year 2025. This prestigious role underscores both a testament to her diplomatic acumen and a reflection of Eritrea’s commitment to global development efforts.
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“My country, Eritrea, has been a victim of illegal and unjust sanctions and it continues to endure unilateral coercive measures targeting its most critical sectors, including the economic and national security ones. The ulterior political motives are too evident to merit explanation.” At the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on Agenda Item 28, titled: […]
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BY ZIPPORAH MUSAU | AFRICA RENEWAL Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam from Eritrea is one of only a handful of African female Permanent Representatives of their countries to the UN in New York. In Africa Renewal’s series profiling the African women representing their countries at UN Headquarters, she spoke with Zipporah Musau about her priorities, the challenges […]
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BY AMBASSADOR SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the UN, At the Sixth Committee, 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Under Agenda Item 109: “Measures to Eliminate Terrorism” 10 October 2019, New York Mr. Chairman, Let me seize this opportunity to congratulate you and the other members of the Bureau on your […]
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BY UN PRESS RELEASE Sophia Tesfamariam Yohannes, the new Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today. Before her latest appointment, Ms. Tesfamariam was Executive Director of the United States Foundation for the Horn of Africa in Washington, D.C., beginning in 2005. Between 1998 and 2005, […]
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BY ALEM FISSHATZION Words cannot even begin to express my joy and gratitude upon learning today that Sophia Tesfamariam has become Eritrea’s new Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Continue ReadingBy CIUT FM Radio, Eritrean eloquent writer and activist Sophia Tesfamariam together with Horn of Africa Expert Elias Amare made an excellent and extensive interview with the popular University of Toronto Community (CIUT 89.5 FM) Radio talk show program – the Taylor Report - hosted by the increasingly influential Phil Taylor. In their discussion, they analyze issues like […]
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Tesfamariam, Professor Ali A. Mazrui, Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies and Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities State University of New York, in his 2003 article “Between Pax Americana and Pax Africana“, wrote about the effects of the September 11 attacks on Africa and US policy in Africa . Professor […]
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