Tonight, August 21, 2026, at 9:00 PM, at the Addis Ababa International Convention Center, Ethiopia reached a remarkable milestone: the National Ethiopian Dialogue concluded with 99.75% consensus across all eight agenda areas.
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๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ’๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ.
The eight agendas covered nation-building; state structure, governance and political/electoral systems; Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa; religious affairs, historical grievances and reconciliation; institutional building, rule of law and human rights; socio-economic issues, including farmers and pastoralists; corruption and good governance; and peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
What happened tonight was extraordinary.
For nearly four hours straight, recommendation after recommendation was read. The delegates listened intently, patiently and respectfully. They even refused comfort breaks.
Then, one after another, the recommendation booklets were hand-delivered to Deputy Chief Commissioner Hirut Gebreselassie before the full plenary.
At the conclusion of each agenda recommendations reading, the hall erupted in massive applause.
But the most remarkable thing was not simply the applause. It was the atmosphere.
The delegates were relaxed, engaged and absorbed in the process. They talked with one another, exchanged comments, smiled and celebrated. There was a palpable sense of pride, accomplishment not because every difference had disappeared but because the delegates had fulfilled a sacred generational duty.
๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌโ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐; ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง; ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ซ.
These 4,000 Ethiopians understood that they had been given an opportunity that may come only once in a century: the opportunity to sit together as citizens and help articulate a shared direction for their country.
They did not come merely to speak and complain.
They came to listen.
They came to understand.
They came to compromise.
They came to search for solutions.
They came to find common ground.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐.๐๐% ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ.
๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง!
For too long, Ethiopia paid an enormous price for settling political differences through conflict and violence. Tonight, Ethiopia won a different way. For decades, we lost through war. Tonight, we won through dialogue.
Year after year, we lost precious lives, irreplaceable opportunities, trust and development through conflict. Tonight, we set a course to build peace, progress and prosperity through dialogue.
The real work, of course, begins now. Recommendations must be translated into action. Institutions must carry them forward. Citizens must remain engaged. Political and civic leaders must honor the spirit of dialogue.
But tonight is a moment to celebrate. Because Ethiopia has shown that political disputes do not have to end in violence. They can end around a table. Deep differences do not have to produce permanent division. They can be negotiated.
And dialogue does not have to be a one-time conference. It can become a political cultureโa national practice for resolving disputes peacefully, from our schools to our communities, from our civic institutions to the halls of Parliament.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ.
Tonight, Ethiopia did not simply conclude a conference. It opened a new chapter in which war gives way to peace, conflict gives way to dialogue, division gives way to cooperation, stagnation gives way to progress, and despair gives way to hope.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐โ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐.
Tonight, four thousand Ethiopians can stand proud and say:
We came.
We saw.
We talked.
We listened to one another.
We disagreed.
We agreed to disagree.
We found common ground.
We did our generational duty.
Ethiopia won. Ethiopia conquered.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ญ ๐:๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ.
๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ:
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐.
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐โ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.
๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐!
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๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง.
๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ, ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐/๐/๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐!
โค๏ธETHIOPIA
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Tonight, August 21, 2026, at 9:00 PM, at the Addis Ababa International Convention Center, Ethiopia reached a remarkable milestone: the National Ethiopian Dialogue concluded with 99.75% consensus across all eight agenda areas.
๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ’๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ.
The eight agendas covered nation-building; state structure, governance and political/electoral systems; Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa; religious affairs, historical grievances and reconciliation; institutional building, rule of law and human rights; socio-economic issues, including farmers and pastoralists; corruption and good governance; and peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
What happened tonight was extraordinary.
For nearly four hours straight, recommendation after recommendation was read. The delegates listened intently, patiently and respectfully. They even refused comfort breaks.
Then, one after another, the recommendation booklets were hand-delivered to Deputy Chief Commissioner Hirut Gebreselassie before the full plenary.
At the conclusion of each agenda recommendations reading, the hall erupted in massive applause.
But the most remarkable thing was not simply the applause. It was the atmosphere.
The delegates were relaxed, engaged and absorbed in the process. They talked with one another, exchanged comments, smiled and celebrated. There was a palpable sense of pride, accomplishment not because every difference had disappeared but because the delegates had fulfilled a sacred generational duty.
๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌโ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐; ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง; ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ซ.
These 4,000 Ethiopians understood that they had been given an opportunity that may come only once in a century: the opportunity to sit together as citizens and help articulate a shared direction for their country.
They did not come merely to speak and complain.
They came to listen.
They came to understand.
They came to compromise.
They came to search for solutions.
They came to find common ground.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐.๐๐% ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ.
๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง!
For too long, Ethiopia paid an enormous price for settling political differences through conflict and violence. Tonight, Ethiopia won a different way. For decades, we lost through war. Tonight, we won through dialogue.
Year after year, we lost precious lives, irreplaceable opportunities, trust and development through conflict. Tonight, we set a course to build peace, progress and prosperity through dialogue.
The real work, of course, begins now. Recommendations must be translated into action. Institutions must carry them forward. Citizens must remain engaged. Political and civic leaders must honor the spirit of dialogue.
But tonight is a moment to celebrate. Because Ethiopia has shown that political disputes do not have to end in violence. They can end around a table. Deep differences do not have to produce permanent division. They can be negotiated.
And dialogue does not have to be a one-time conference. It can become a political cultureโa national practice for resolving disputes peacefully, from our schools to our communities, from our civic institutions to the halls of Parliament.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ.
Tonight, Ethiopia did not simply conclude a conference. It opened a new chapter in which war gives way to peace, conflict gives way to dialogue, division gives way to cooperation, stagnation gives way to progress, and despair gives way to hope.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐โ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐.
Tonight, four thousand Ethiopians can stand proud and say:
We came.
We saw.
We talked.
We listened to one another.
We disagreed.
We agreed to disagree.
We found common ground.
We did our generational duty.
Ethiopia won. Ethiopia conquered.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ญ ๐:๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ.
๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ:
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐.
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐โ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.
๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐!
๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง.
๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ, ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐/๐/๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐!
โค๏ธETHIOPIA
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