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Batili: Libyans are suffering from increasing economic and social difficulties despite their country's enormous wealth
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New York, December 18, 2023 (LANA) - The UN envoy to Libya, Abdullah Batili, said on Monday that Libyan citizens are increasingly suffering from economic and social difficulties despite the enormous wealth that their country enjoys.Briefing the Security Council, Batili added that Libyans’ demands to end corruption and mismanagement resonate loudly across the country, as reports from the Central Bank of Libya and other oversight bodies clearly show the escalation of public spending through questionable.... Read more
The UN envoy: Politicians, academics and activists are arbitrarily detained in Benghazi, Sirte and Tripoli.
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New York, December 18, 2023 (LANA) - The UN envoy, Abdullah Batili, expressed his concern about the continued arbitrary arrests of members of political parties, academics, and activists in Benghazi, Sirte, and Tripoli, without their access to justice.In his briefing to the Security Council on Monday, Batili said that over the past nine months, security authorities have arbitrarily detained at least 60 people, including children, because of their actual or presumed political affiliations, and the real number may be much.... Read more
Batili: Officials who are unwilling to hold elections must not be allowed to let Libyans down and expose the region to danger
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New York, December 18, 2023 (LANA) - The UN envoy, Abdullah Batili, said on Monday that a single group of Libyan officials who are unwilling to hold elections and who are clinging to their seats should not be allowed to let the Libyan people down and expose the region to the risk of more chaos.In a briefing to the Security Council on the political situation in Libya, Batili stressed that Libyans from all walks of life express their strong aspiration for elections, for legitimate and unified institutions, and for peace,... Read more
Al-Sunni affirms that Libyan ownership and leadership of any political process is the key to the solution that leads the country to stability.
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New York, December 18, 2023 (LANA) - Libya’s representative to the United Nations, Al-Taher Al-Sunni, affirmed that Libyan ownership and leadership of any political process is the key to the solution that leads the country to stability and the imposition of state sovereignty away from external dictates and interference.In his speech before the UN Security Council session on Libya on Monday, Al-Sunni called for support for sincere national efforts that seek to produce a comprehensive Libyan national.... Read more
Batili reveals to the Security Council the position and conditions of the Libyan parties to participate in the five-party meeting
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New York, December 18, 2023 (LANA) - The UN envoy, Abdullah Batili, said on Monday that the main Libyan parties he invited to the five-party meeting on political dialogue did not directly reject the invitation, but some of them set conditions for participation.Batili revealed in a briefing to the Security Council that the Presidential Council expressed clear and tangible support for the success of the dialogue, while the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, stipulated that the agenda should focus on forming a... Read more
