way to remove what it then believed to be the only obstacle. The perpetrators of those monstrous acts of terror had now been unmasked. The fact that they had hampered the peace effort should be condemned in the strongest terms. The obstructionist behaviour of the secessionist group had been deplored by the international community. 22. President Carter had blamed the separatists for breaking the de facto cease-fire and for exposing millions of people to death by starvation because of their outrageous intransigence. Former President Nyerere had also called the rejection of the peace talks by the secessionists a tragedy. 23. That was an overview of the situation. Her delegation totally dismissed the absurd accusations of the member of the secessionist group on 17 August and the representative of EAFORD on 21 August that the Ethiopian Government had used bombs against its own people. Since the secessionists themselves were the cause of the suffering of the Ethiopians in the northern administrative region, their falsification of events ostensibly to protest against human rights violations would dupe no one in the Sub-Commission. 24. What was even more unforgivable was that the atrocious acts of destruction unleashed by the secessionists had had serious adverse consequences for relief operations in northern Ethiopia. Needless to say, that had been the main preoccupation of her Government over the past years. Undeterred by the terrorist activities of the secessionists, it had spared no effort in searching for all possible avenues to facilitate and expedite relief supplies to the inhabitants of the region. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.22 page 6 25. Ever since the unprovoked attack on Massawa by the secessionists on 8 February 1990, the Government had intensified its efforts to ferry relief supplies both by land and by air to the drought victims in the autonomous region of Eritrea. Following the military offensive, the Government had 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, specifically in the context of a conflict between the government and a secessionist group. The language used is critical of the secessionist group's actions, which are described as "monstrous acts of terror" and "atrocious acts of destruction". The text also highlights the humanitarian efforts of the government to provide relief supplies to affected areas. Given the context, it seems likely that the primary focus of the text is on humanitarian aid and relief.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief