ETHIOPIA / HUMAN RIGHTS ZEID

On his first official visit to Ethiopia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, lauded the economic and development strides the country has made in recent years, but noted that the government needs to address human rights deficits. OHCHR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:06
• Production Date: 2 May 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ZEID RA'AD AL HUSSEIN
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: ETHIOPIA
• MAMS Id: 1879462
• Parent Id: 1879462
• Alternate Title: unifeed170502e

Description

STORY: ETHIOPIA / HUMAN RIGHTS ZEID
TRT: 01:06
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 02 MAY 2017, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein meeting with Ethiopia’s Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission, Addisu Gebre-Egziabher
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“It is clear a country like Ethiopia has done well when it comes to access to education, access to health, the economy has expanded for at least 10 years in a row – in a way that has been very attractive to investors. But clearly the unrest that we have seen has shown there is some structural issues which the government, I hope the government will inform us about, in terms of their remedies for them, and we can be in a place to assist them.”
3. Med shot, Zeid and Gebre-Egziabher
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:
“So much of what we do relates joint partnerships with African governments. We have a number of field presences in a number of African countries and we need, the support of the African union and we need to ensure that they also help promote and protect human rights on the African continent.”
5. Med shot, Zeid and Gebre-Egziabher shake hands

Storyline

On his first official visit to Ethiopia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, lauded the economic and development strides the country has made in recent years, but noted that the government needs to address human rights deficits.

Zeid suggested solutions to recent discontent, adding that his Office is willing to support this.

On arrival he said “it is clear a country like Ethiopia has done well when it comes to access to education, access to health, the economy has expanded for at least 10 years in a row – in a way that has been very attractive to investors. But clearly the unrest that we have seen has shown there is some structural issues which the government, I hope the government will inform us about, in terms of their remedies for them, and we can be in a place to assist them.”

During his three-day visit the UN Human Rights Chief is scheduled to meet with the country’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, civil society organisations. He also has a planned visit to a prison facility.

In addition, he will also meet with the new leadership of the African Union. In this regards he said “so much of what we do relates joint partnerships with African governments. We have a number of field presences in a number of African countries and we need, the support of the African union and we need to ensure that they also help promote and protect human rights on the African continent.”

The visit ends on Thursday.