USAID Administrator Power Issues Statement on Executive Order for Crisis in Ethiopia
September 18, 2021
September 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following statement on Sept. 17, 2021, by Administrator Samantha Power:
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"President Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) establishing a new sanctions regime that authorizes the United States to target any party responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that are prolonging the conflict in northern Ethiopia, and those that commit human rights abuses, or obstruct humanita . . .
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"President Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) establishing a new sanctions regime that authorizes the United States to target any party responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that are prolonging the conflict in northern Ethiopia, and those that commit human rights abuses, or obstruct humanita . . .