July 3, 2026
Briefing by M. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Foreign Diplomatic Community in Eritrea
Ambassadors, Chargés d’Affaires,
Distinguished United Nations Resident Coordinator,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Before proceeding, I wish to note that the Advisory Committee on Human Rights has fully briefed me on the substantive consultations recently held with representatives of the European Union, Member States, and the broader diplomatic community in Asmara and Geneva that are members of the human rights council. These exchanges provided Eritrea with a renewed opportunity to articulate its principled position regarding the country-specific mandate of the Special Rapporteur. Accordingly, I do not intend to revisit arguments exhaustively presented over the past fourteen years. Rather, my focus today…
