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Nations and Nationalities
Day Marked Colorfully in Washington D.C. |
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By: Tsehaye Debalkew
/ December 20, 2010/ The 5th Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day of Ethiopia
was colorfully marked at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, D.C. last Saturday
night.
The celebration which was attended by hundreds of Diaspora Ethiopians, Community
Representatives and families was also graced by the presence of dignitaries
from Ethiopia who attended the commemoration as guests of honor.
Ambassador Tesfaye Yilma, Charge d’ Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of Ethiopia,
Washington, D.C. reminisced the significance of the occasion which marked the
endorsement of the constitution that guaranteed and protected the rights of
the various nations, and nationalities by declaring their equality and fair
and just representation in the political milieu, as enshrined in the noble document.
Ambassador Tesfaye Yilma futher elucidated the importance of the Nations,
Nationalities Day as a land mark, which enabled the creation of an auspicious
climate for the realization of the sovereignty and the ultimate power of the
people to be accorded due recognition for the first time in the country’s
political history which spawned for millennia on end.
Ambassador Tesfaye Yilma in his remark, made a clarion call on the Diaspora
Ethiopians to positively engage themselves in the overall Growth and Transformation
leap that Ethiopians from all walks of life have anchored themselves on, by
lending their cherished knowledge, expertise, networking and revenue capacities
in a manner that boosts the national drive forward and also calibrating themselves
to be active beneficiaries from the enterprise.
He also underlined that they should make good of the conducive environment
they currently find themselves in, by making all effort at positively building
the image of the nation.
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Ambassador Tesfaye succinctly brought to the fore the heretofore negative signature
identification of our nation as a hub of misery, war and famine, should be
relegated to the museum of history and supplanted by a new glorious and developed
Ethiopia championing peace and stability and enlisting itself in the ranks
of mid-income nations of the globe in the not too distant future.
Community and Association Representatives of the Ethiopian Diaspora on their
part made a solemn gesture to contribute their share to the nation-wide momentum
that has ushered in to nip poverty in the bud.
Representing, the guests of honor, present during the grand festivity, His
Excellency Mr. Sani Redi, Deputy Chief Administrator of the Southern Nations,
Nationalities and Peoples' Regional State of Ethiopia, called upon Ethiopians
domiciling abroad to actively engage themselves in buttressing the image of
the nation positively and to participate in the current nation- wide Growth
and Transformation moment drive.
Poems, diverse musical menu, posters and slogans that surfaced during the robust
occasion gave an added color and a sense of jubilation during the celebratory
function.
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