CNN posted on 2 October 2021 an article titled "UN Secretary-General Rebuffs Ethiopia's Demand for Senior UN Officials to Leave Country" by Eliza Mackintosh and Richard Roth.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pushed back against Ethiopia asking that it allow the 7 expelled UN officials "to resume their functions in Ethiopia and grant them the necessary visas." An emergency session of the UN Security Council on 1 October discussed the issue.
