Vol 22. No. 38 Saturday, 11th july, 2015 Pages 8, Price2.00 NFA TDF2015: A HISTORIC DAY FOR DANIEL, ERITREA AND AFRICA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ORGANIZES SEMINARS The Ministry of Justice has been the Ministry’s conscious effort to conducting a series of seminars on make the new laws comprehen- the new Civil & Penal Codes to law sible to all Eritreans. enforcement & other stakeholders. Brig. General Abraha Kassa, The seminars were led by the Head of the National Security Minister of Justice, Ms. Fozia Agency, emphasized the need to Hashim, and included in-depth make all the necessary preparations discussions on the new codes. Le- to put the new legal provisions into gal experts who were involved in effect and encouraged regional and drafting the new laws also present- local authorities to take on this task ed several thematic papers. seriously. Minister Fozia underlined that The Ministry of Justice had giv- intensive efforts were made to en- en similar lectures to judges, pros- sure the coherence, efficacy and ecutors as well to members of the applicability of the new legal pro- Ministry Information in previous Daniel Teklehaimanot at the podium in the 7th TDF wearing the Polka Dot jersey visions. She further indicated that weeks. the new basic laws were prepared Eritrean rider, Daniel Tekle- ments on social media by Eritreans Eritrea to ever compete in the three- in all local languages as a sign of haimanot re-writes the history of cy- who followed him, from the edge of week race when he launched the cling at this year’s Tour de France. their seats, the whole way to the fin- opening time trial off in the streets He was the first black African to ish line. of Utrecht last weekend. compete at TDF and perhaps most His team’s official twitter page, “When I was young and watching impressively, he was the first Af- @TeamMTNQhubeka, tweeted the the Tour de France, I was always rican to wear the Polka Dot jersey following as Daniel crossed the fin- more excited by the fight for polka NEWS BRIEFS as he took the “King of the Moun- ish line: dot jersey than the yellow one… tains” title after winning Stage 6, “#TdF2015 lost for words right One day with this jersey at the Tour which was held on Thursday, July 9. now... Battling to see what’s going would be enough for me. It won’t Daniel also extended his lead after on through the tears. Dream come be easy but I’m prepared to work WORKSHOP IN GULUJ SUB-ZONE winning the single climb in the 7th true to have the Polka Dot Jersey!” hard.” Daniel said after winning the stage of the Tour. Indeed, it was a memorable mo- King of the mountains title at Dau- A workshop focused on expanding medical services in the Guluj Daniel demonstrated an excep- ment in history that made his coun- phine. He certainly had his dream sub-zone was organized earlier this week. Health personnel, area ad- tionally high spirit of competitive- try, Eritrea, his team, MTN-Qhube- come true this past Thursday. ministrators and heads of different government institutions took part ness, covering 191.5 KMs, leading ka, and his continent, Africa, very Meanwhile, sports, and especial- in the workshop. The deliberations in the workshop centered on pro- over 80% of the competition time. proud. ly cycling fans all over Eritrea said moting community-based health services to prevent communicable Sports commentators worldwide Teklehaimanot, who won the that Daniel Teklehaimont is a role diseases and on the importance of according high priority for ensuring were lost for words as Daniel sped polka dot jersey at the Criterium du model and a great source of pride mother and child health care. away and reached the finish line. Dauphine, had also made history for Eritrean youths. He was showered with compli- at the TDF as the first rider from SUMMER WORK PROGRAMME UNDERWAY Students Summer Work Program (SWP) is underway in the South- ERITREAN FESTIVAL IN GERMANY CONCLUDES ern Red Sea region. The Coordinator of the program, Mr. Berhane Gebregziabher, stated that over 300 students from Woldeab Wolde- mariam Secondary School are engaged in soil and water conservation th The 19 Festival of the Eritrean cultural performances, seminars, role that Diaspora members are ex- activities and planting tree seedlings. These annual one-month under- community members in Germany children entertainment and other pected to play in state affairs and takings by students all over the country during the vacation period has concluded with a spirit of unity activities. overall nation building efforts. have considerable dividends in national re-forestation and erosion and harmony. Mr. AlAmin gave a keynote Similarly, Eritrea’s Foreign Min- combating programmes. The festival that was opened by address during a public seminar ister, Mr. Osman Saleh briefed the Mr. AlAmin Mohammed-Seid, where he discussed the current participants on current regional and AREA ADMINISTRATORS ELECTED IN SHAMBKO Secretary of the PFDJ, included situation in Eritrea and the active international developments, and drew attention to hostile, anti-Eri- The election of area administrators and village administrative com- trea confrontations being actively mittees was conducted in the Shambuko sub-zone this week. The elec- pushed by certain interest groups. tion took place in Girme, Tsibra, Bishuka, Anbori and Kona adminis- Minister Osman especially high- trative areas, in addition to the Shambko semi-urban centre. The newly lighted the baseless recent resolu- elected nationals expressed readiness to fulfill their duties with due tion that was passed in Geneva un- diligence and commitment. der the pretext of “human rights”. Members of the Eritrean com- FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MARTYRS FAMILIES munity in Germany, on their part, resolved to redouble their efforts to 5mil Nakfa contributed by Eritrean nationals residing inside the see through development projects country and abroad has been disbursed to families of fallen heroes in currently underway in Eritrea as the Southern region. Over 700 families in the region benefited from well as their commitment to con- the support. In related news, two Eritrean sisters, nationals of Ger- tribute to nation building efforts in many, have extended material support worth 22 thousand Nakfa in general. support of orphaned children. 19th Festival of the Eritrean community members in Germany Eritrea Profile, Saturday, 11th july, 2015 2 REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR GIRMA ASMEROM PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ERITREA TO THE UN DURING THE BRIEFING BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO G77 AND CHINA NEW YORK, 8 JULY 2015 Thank you Mr. hairman, Eritrea reiterates its principled opposition to country specific resolutions, as they are Education is Key to Nation Building politically motivated and confrontational resolutions that do not serve the promotion and protection of human rights. The Government of Eritrea has long recognized education, and especially tertiary education, as a central element in sustainable Eritrea strongly believes that human rights can only be addressed through dialogue and growth, human capacity development, and nation building. cooperation. The UPR is the appropriate mechanism through which any concern for Human Following this, the Ministry of Education is empowered to Rights can be addressed without distinction. spend up to 45% of the annual national budget on education, with a considerable part of this going to tertiary education, which Eritrea also unequivocally rejects the adoption of another country specific resolution by the includes technical and vocational training. Human Rights Council on the bases of unfounded allegations. Renewing the mandate of Having inherited a country, and particularly an educational Special Rapporteur (SR) and Commission of Inquiry (COI) is unwarranted and unnecessary. system in ruins, the Government of Eritrea has made significant It is waste of UN resources that take away funds from programs aimed at building and effort in developing an educational system that not only responds strengthening the capacity of states in the promotion and protection of human rights as well to geographical realities – in terms of previously marginalized as eradication of poverty. The allocation of millions of dollars for two similar and communities that have had little or no access to education – but redundant country specific mandate holders is unacceptable and inefficient use of funds. also by tailoring the coursework given to the development and Using the Presidents own words I say “saving costs in the medium term to invest on core nation building needs of the country at large. activities as well as enhancing efficiency and working method of Human Rights The Government of Eritrea views higher education, including Council must be diligently implemented and practiced”. technical and vocational training, as an essential complement to educational efforts at all other levels as well as to national It must be underlined that the SR mandate holder is also a member of the COI mandate initiatives that are designed to boost innovation, productivity, holders; competitiveness, growth, and performance across economic this is the highest form of inefficiencies and inappropriate method of sectors. Having recognized the critical mass needed to meet these working. Mr. Chairman, extensive national needs for skilled manpower the Government I would, therefore, like to ask the President of the Human Rights Council the rational for the of Eritrea has consciously designed an educational system that established of two bodies, who will practically and substantively be doing the same thing takes into account its own geography by placing educational i.e. investigating and compiling reports on the human rights situation in Eritrea. centers and colleges at different regions around the country. So, for example, the College of Agriculture is located in Hamelmalo Mr. Chairman, and its students make use of the region’s green belt with its Overstepping his mandate, wittingly or unwittingly the President of the Human Rights Council in particularly fertile soil that is conducive to innovation in the his written statement in the third and fifth committee meeting yesterday on 7 July 2015, he has field of agriculture.