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The United Nations Department of Public Information issued on 26 April 2006 one of its curt and bland announcements of appointments; only this time, at least for me, the announcement carried something profoundly important because of the fact of the appointment of an Ethiopian to such a high post is an equitable decision that rectified an injustice done to a people long neglected, pushed aside, trampled upon, pissed on et cetera by United Nations officials and the United Nations as a body, especially by the permanent members of the United Nations. Secretary-General Kofi Annan went against a perverse tradition of neglect and oversight of tremendously gifted and capable Ethiopians (professional experts and administrators) who have served the United Nations from its inception to date by appointing the first Ethiopian Assistant Secretary-General, Yohannes Mengesha.
In fact, there are several reasons that I have applauded Kofi Annan for undertaking daring steps in the past; however, in all my comments, I have not mentioned the fact that Kofi Annan is the friendliest Secretary-General ever to Ethiopian public servants at the United Nations. It seems the affection is mutual because I have heard many Ethiopians with the United Nations who appreciate Kofi Annan greatly for the extremely difficult decisions he has been making, leading a very fractured and ungovernable United Nations Secretariat that is the mirror-image of the many and diverse nation-states of the world with all their conflicts and corrupt practices.
Why is it that exiting to me about the appointment of another United Nations’ insider bureaucrat that prompted me to write this piece while I have so many important issues and topics to write about still waiting? From the beginning, let me state clearly that I have no clue who “Yohannes Mengesha” is and I am not interested in such details. However, when I heard the news a couple of days ago, in an effort to find out who he is and from what part of Ethiopia he came from, I googled his name and was able to read few items about his work, which was also mentioned in the UN announcement of his appointment. However, I abruptly stopped my search for I realized that it really does not matter to me where he was born, what ethnic group he belongs to, what his political affiliation is et cetera. I do not even give a damn if he is an arada/mehale-sefari. I am just ecstatic that he is an accomplished Ethiopian. I was just very happy that an Ethiopian is being recognized and honored for his outstanding service to the peoples of the World. That fact alone was the source of my pride, for I felt as if the honor and the hope of the world were personally entrusted to me.
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