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STORY: UN / LIBYA
TRT: 02:32
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
27 FEBRUARY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“Libyans are impatient. They question the will and desire of the current political actors to hold inclusive and transparent elections in 2023.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“I am pleased to report that by and large, all regional and international partners agreed on the necessity to hold inclusive and transparent elections in 2023.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“Libya’s political class is going through a major legitimacy crisis. One could say that most institutions lost their legitimacy years ago. Solving this legitimacy crisis should therefore be priority for all political actors willing to change the status quo.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL):
“Regrettably, the already limited civic space in Libya continues to be further restricted, silencing the voices of civil society groups and activists. I am alarmed by a wave of arrests of women human rights defenders, accused of ‘offending Libya’s traditions,’ following the activation of the anti-cybercrime law on 17 of January.”
11. Wide shot, Council
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Taher M. T. Elsonni, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Libya:
“We reiterate the importance of addressing all efforts and initiatives to complete the national agreement on a fair and just, constitutionally based, and non-discriminatory electoral laws with a arrangements that allow the participation of all, with a clear timeline and conducive conditions that should be put in place for presidential and parliamentary elections, where Libyans will have their say. This will ensure the end of old transitional period and avoiding a repetition of mistakes are the past.”
13. Wide shot, Council
The United Nations top official in Libya, today (27 Feb) told the Security Council that “Libyans are impatient” and they question “the will and desire of the current political actors to hold inclusive and transparent elections in 2023.”
Abdoulaye Bathily, who is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), said that following consultations on ways to overcome the current political impasse, he was “pleased to report that by and large, all regional and international partners agreed on the necessity to hold inclusive and transparent elections in 2023.”
Bathily said, “Libya’s political class is going through a major legitimacy crisis. One could say that most institutions lost their legitimacy years ago. Solving this legitimacy crisis should therefore be priority for all political actors willing to change the status quo.”
“Regrettably,” the Special Representative said, “the already limited civic space in Libya continues to be further restricted, silencing the voices of civil society groups and activists.”
He said he was “alarmed by a wave of arrests of women human rights defenders, accused of ‘offending Libya’s traditions,’ following the activation of the anti-cybercrime law on 17 of January.”
For his part, Libya’s Ambassador Taher M. T. Elsonni reiterated to the Council “the importance of addressing all efforts and initiatives to complete the national agreement on a fair and just, constitutionally based, and non-discriminatory electoral laws with a arrangements that allow the participation of all, with a clear timeline and conducive conditions that should be put in place for presidential and parliamentary elections, where Libyans will have their say.”
This, he said, “will ensure the end of old transitional period and avoiding a repetition of mistakes are the past.”
Over one year has passed since the postponement of national elections planned for December 2021 and seven years since the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA).
