Some 75 international organizations granted permit to access Tigray: MoP

Addis Ababa, February 12, 2021 (FBC) – Ministry of Peace announced that the government of Ethiopia has granted permit to 75 international organizations that have applied to Tigray region through humanitarian engagement.

The permission has been granted to international organizations which have fulfilled the criteria set to screen out eligible actors in the humanitarian efforts, the Ministry said.

Following the law enforcement process in the Tigray Regional State, the Ministry of Peace has been coordinating extensive humanitarian and rehabilitation activities over the past three months in collaboration with more than 26 international organizations, including United Nations agencies.

Over the past three months, 75 members of international organizations who have applied for access to the Tigray Regional State have been granted permit to support the humanitarian and rehabilitation process in the region, the Ministry indicated.

In its capacity as a co-chair of the Emergency Coordination Center (ECC), the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) is coordinating the emergency humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation process in collaboration with the Ethiopian Government.