Libya: UN envoy calls for greater dialogue and less misunderstanding
L'"eccessiva" polarizzazione politica della Libia sarà risolta solo attraverso il dialogo nazionale, ha sostenuto l'inviato delle Nazioni Unite in Libia, Tarek Mitri, al Consiglio di Sicurezza a New York
Detailing the continuing downward security spiral in his latest
briefing on Libya today, the Special Representative of the Secretary
General said that although the new Transitional Justice Law approved
last week by Congress and yesterday’s freeing
of four Bani Walid leaders by Zawia were positive contributions to the
process of establishing the rule of law and achieving national
reconciliation, there had to be a single reconciliation process to
defuse the polarisation that was so damaging to the country.
Dialogue had to involve all the parties and the main armed groups,
Mitri stated, especially given that there were doubts “about how
comprehensive or lasting” the decisions of some militias to quit Tripoli
would be.
For its part, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) was actively
helping facilitate a number of national dialogue initiatives, he said.
One major difficulty he noted was the ability of some groups in
Libyan to misunderstand events, pointing the problems following the
announcement that the UN was sending a 235-strong to provide protection
for its staff in Libya.
It had been presented in some quarters as evidence of international
intervention, he said, and both the UN and the Libyan authorities had
been forced to explain and “ state the obvious”. It would not be the last time this happened, he suggested to Security Council members.
“We will have to spare no effort in dispelling misinterpretations and
suspicions, no matter how unjustified they may seem, and reaffirming
the role of the UN support mission in Libya, committed to the full
respect of its national sovereignty.”
On the issues of arms control and the elimination of supplies of
mustard gas and uranium fissile material, known as yellowcake, Mitri
announced that an inspection team from the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) would be visiting Libya this month” to verify existing
stockpiles and conditions of storage”.
He indicated ongoing concerns about the yellowcake, 6,400 barrels
of which were stored “in a non-functional former military facility close
to Sebha”.
A team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
(OPCW) was also expected this month to observe the destruction of the
mustard gas “in line with Libya’s obligations under the Chemical Weapons
Convention”.
As for man-portable surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS), the UN envoy
said that UNSMIL had asked the Libyan authorities for more documentation
on those under their control.
Source Libya Herald
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