I would never have imagined Ethiopia – an exporter of stability via peacekeeping and a longstanding, important partner of the United States – to be consuming the bulk of my time and my conversations with Secretary Blinken and the White House. Having spent time in the Horn during my UN career, I knew the strategic importance of the Horn’s geography, demographics, politics, and security: importance not only in Africa but across the Red Sea and beyond.īut had that same prescient person back in 2015 asked me to envision what my primary concerns would be in 2021 as Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, I would have guessed that Somalia, still troubled today, would top the list. But when the Biden-Harris Administration urged me to take on this portfolio, my sense of duty kicked in. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, I would have scoffed: Government service fell into the “been there/done that” category, and I was happy in my post-UN quasi retirement. Relationship After a Year of Conflict “Īddis Abeba, November 4/2021- Had someone previewed for me in 2015 - in the middle of my six-year tenure as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs - that I would someday serve as the U.S. Remarks by Ambassador Jeffery Feltman, U.S.
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