No doubt, peace is equaled by none as whatever actions are, wherever incidents happen and no matter how they are carried out across the globe, everything badly requires peace and security. Yes, a stable environment fosters trust, cooperation, and an apt atmosphere for businesses and individuals to thrive, eventually leading to higher stability, social serenity and even political stillness.
Apart from providing people with unwavering social dynamism, and communal strata, peace is crucial for economic growth and social change because it reduces uncertainty, risk, and conflict, allowing for increased productivity, innovation, technological advancement and investment.
Ethiopia has all the time worked for peace and tranquility taking the value of peace and harmonious way of living into consideration. As peace provides a predictable and stable environment for businesses to plan and invest via reducing the risk of conflict, violence, or political instability, Ethiopia has been embarking on the effort to ensure this precious social asset.
It is crystal clear that in peaceful societies, individuals, groups, companies, and all businesses organizations can focus on productive activities, such as developing new technologies, services, and products, without the distractions and disruptions of conflict as peace knows no boundary.
Cognizant of the fact that peace is everything, the Ethiopian National Security Council has firmly embarked on fostering peace and tranquility to bring about progress in wide-ranging spheres amid myriads of contests facing the country.
The council reviewed the national, regional, and global situations of the country, emphasizing notable strides toward prosperity in the face of challenges. True, the reform has led to tangible results in overcoming political, economic, social, and diplomatic challenges via garnering benefits out of the growing presence in international forums.
Without a shadow of doubt, peaceful environments attract foreign investment and encourage domestic capital accumulation, which are essential for long-term economic growth.
It is also crystal clear that peaceful societies tend to have more efficient and transparent institutions that can effectively regulate businesses, enforce contracts, and resolve disputes.
Unambiguously, peaceful nations often experience higher levels of trade and tourism, which can contribute significantly to overall economic growth and development as peacetime reduces the economic costs of conflict, including military spending, damage to infrastructure, and lost productivity.
Peace promotes social cohesion and trust, which are essential for economic cooperation and development, too. Peace allows for greater investment in education, healthcare, and other human development initiatives, which can lead to a more productive and skilled workforce.
The council also reported dependable improvements in peace, with the public showing resilience in resisting those inciting conflict. It was also stated that Ethiopia is accelerating its journey toward peace and prosperity following the fruitful aspects of the ongoing reforms.
According the Ethiopia’s National Security Council, the peaceful resolutions practiced in the nation, especially in Tigray state, as a result of government’s firm commitment towards peaceful resolutions, has brought about meaningful outcomes.
As to the Council, progress is being made in the other conflict-affected regions, Amhara and Oromia, despite the challenges from violent groups seeking to advance their interests through force.
Here, Ethiopians are called on towards strengthening their efforts in upholding peace and revealed that the number of militants choosing the path of peace is steadily increasing, and societal participation is crucial in guiding them back to peaceful lives.
Needless to state, the path of violence has proven ineffective. As such a devastating boulevard is not lucrative one, those unknowingly or calculatingly join the wrong way have to come to the right track via peaceful dialogue and close talk.
The role security institutions play regarding maintaining peace and further boosting calm atmospheres is really worth citing, and they have to work hard and develop firm commitment towards supporting efforts geared towards ensuring peace and security across the nation thereby attaining full prosperity.
The international community is also expected to support Ethiopia’s contributions to Horn peace and stability apart from solving its problems locally. On a broader scale, the council addressed regional and global challenges, including shifts in the global economy, terrorism, and instability in neighboring countries and emphasized the importance of continued diplomatic efforts to safeguard Ethiopia’s access to sea and to strengthen its role in the Horn of Africa.
As Ethiopia progresses toward prosperity, the council is confident that the ongoing reforms, strengthened security, and diplomatic achievements will further contribute to the country’s stability and growing influence both regionally and globally.
Interestingly, Ethiopia will continue playing a critical role in ensuring regional economic and social development through reducing tensions, and resolving conflicts peacefully. As the region from time to time has been baffled with a range of skirmished and disagreements, Ethiopia has been ensuring peace and tranquility in the Horn, and doing all its best for peace and quietude. True, the country is committed to continue its indispensable and long stand role in ensuring peace and stability in the Horn of Africa.
As Ethiopia is known for cooperation and contributing to regional peace and beyond, the country continues contributing to regional peace and stability. It has worked to ensure collective peace and development with its neighboring countries and committed to revolving disagreements peacefully.
As learnt from the Ethiopia’s National Security Council, it is common knowledge that Ethiopia has been coming across with a broad range of challenges as a consequence of many social, economic and even political affairs. Most definitely, collaborative approach with the Horn of Africa nations would make Ethiopia’s efforts much more fruitful.
Ethiopia has been doing everything possible to get the Horn in particular and the entire continent in general secured. Ethiopia should keep on employing its unreserved efforts to ensure Horn peace. Indisputably, Ethiopia leaves no stone unturned with the motive of restoring peace and tranquilly in neighboring nations making the most of its effective techniques.
Besides, Ethiopia’s unswerving engagement in peace missions reflects its devotion towards fostering a stable environment for its neighbors. It is also worth mentioning that Ethiopia’s high degree of combination with nearby nations in the context of its unflagging support for the freedoms of African nations have been held in high regard by various people. That is why it is recurrently heralded that Ethiopia is an icon of Horn peace and beyond.
In the present circumstances, Ethiopia, along with other peace keeping troops of the countries in the region, has continued consolidating peace and security in the Horn of Africa with the aspiration of doing away with a number of extremists residing in various parts of the region.
Since time immemorial, Ethiopia has been contributing to the regional peace by exerting all possible efforts and mobilizing its peacekeeping mission in different parts of the continent and even the globe with a view to ensuring regional continental and even universal peace and peacefulness.
As Ethiopia has been getting involved in African matters with the intention of bringing about peace and tranquility in a number of locations in the continent of Africa, the country has been winning the hearts and minds of the international community, and even the latter is willing to support Ethiopia’s effort towards that end.
Everybody unanimously agrees the fact that Ethiopia has been playing a meaningful role in upholding the peace and security of the Horn region battling with fanatics working on a daily basis to move the region into unmapped passages. The price that Ethiopia has paid to give rise to peace and security in the Horn of Africa took a stroll down memory lane and indulged in melancholy. As the country has been working hard for the purpose of restoring peace and calmness in the Horn of Africa and beyond via eradicating terrorist groups, the international community should stand by the side of Ethiopia.
BY MENGESHA AMARE
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD TUESDAY 15 APRIL 2025
