U.N. rights forum to hold session on Ethiopia at EU request

A boy sits on the barrel of a military tank destroyed recently during fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in Damot Kebele of Amhara region, Ethiopia December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kumera Gemechu

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday on the "grave" situation in Ethiopia, at the request of the European Union, a U.N. statement said on Monday.

The request was supported by the required one-third of the forum's 47 member states as well as by observers including the United States, it said.