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Ethiopia has been a member of the United Nations since November 13, 1945. [1] The membership stipulated to prevent from external attacks and invasions and to maintain envisaged "collective security" despite the being ineffective and the League shortcomings following Italian invasion of the country in 1935. Since 1950s, Ethiopia dispatched its ...
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA or ECA; French: Commission économique pour l'Afrique, [ 1] CEA) was established in 1958 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the African continent) [ 2] following a recommendation of the United ...
The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service ( UNHAS ), created in 2003 at the request of the United Nations High Level Committee on Management, managed by the World Food Programme ( WFP ), provides common air services, including light cargo transport for the wider humanitarian community to and from areas of crisis and intervention.
Africa Hall is the permanent headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The structure, built in the span of only 18 months, was completed in February 1961. [1] It covers an overall area of 75,000 m2, with a usable area of 13,800 m 2, consisting of 3,600 m 2 of conference halls ...
List. The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) for countries in Africa as included in the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report, released on 13 March 2024 and based on data collected in 2024. [ 1] As of 2024, All African UN member states are included in the report.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1640 in November 2005 threatened sanctions on both parties if there was no resolution. In September 2007, United Nations special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Kjell Magne Bondevik, warned that war could resume between Ethiopia and Eritrea over their border conflict. In November, Eritrea accepted the ...
Addis Ababa ( / ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə /; [ 5] Amharic: አዲስ አበባ, lit. 'new flower' [adˈdis ˈabəba] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. [ 6][ 7][ 8] In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. [ 2] Addis Ababa is a highly developed [ 9] and important cultural, artistic, financial ...
The country must create hundreds of thousands of jobs every year just to keep up with population growth. [30] In 2023 Ethiopia has reached an estimated GDP scale of 156.1 billion dollars nominal, for PPP the country's economy has reached an estimated 393.85 billion dollars. This mostly comes from a services-based economy with agriculture.