The UN envoy for Libya has announced a national unity government for Libya after months of talks between the North African country's two rival governments.
Bernardino Leon told reporters late on Thursday that the names of candidates for the national unity government have been decided.
Leon said the prime minister for the new government is Fayez Sarraj, a member of the Tripoli-based administration.
"We believe this list can work," Leon said of the names, which include three deputies for the prime minister - representing the country's east, west and south - and two ministers to complete a presidential council.
"All of them will work as a team," Leon said. He added, "This was not an easy task."
Negotiators who attended the peace talks representing the rival governments approved the names of candidates, but the parliaments for both sides must approve them, too.
Mohamed Eljarh, an analyst at the Atlantic Council's Hariri Centre for the Middle East, said this seemed "very unlikely" as there had been a lot of negative reaction on both sides.
Rival administrations
Libya has had rival administrations since August last year, when an alliance of militias from the city of Misrata known as Libya Dawn took over the capital, Tripoli.
The group drove out the internationally-recognised government, which now operates in the eastern city of Tobruk.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the proposal of a unity government in a statement issued by his media office, while urging the parties to accept and sign the agreement.
The statement said Ban "urges Libyan leaders not to squander this opportunity to put the country back on the path to building a state that reflects the spirit and ambitions of the 2011 revolution".
The foreign policy chief of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, also welcomed the announcement...
aljazeera.com
9/10/15
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Bernardino Leon told reporters late on Thursday that the names of candidates for the national unity government have been decided.
Leon said the prime minister for the new government is Fayez Sarraj, a member of the Tripoli-based administration.
"We believe this list can work," Leon said of the names, which include three deputies for the prime minister - representing the country's east, west and south - and two ministers to complete a presidential council.
"All of them will work as a team," Leon said. He added, "This was not an easy task."
Negotiators who attended the peace talks representing the rival governments approved the names of candidates, but the parliaments for both sides must approve them, too.
Mohamed Eljarh, an analyst at the Atlantic Council's Hariri Centre for the Middle East, said this seemed "very unlikely" as there had been a lot of negative reaction on both sides.
Rival administrations
Libya has had rival administrations since August last year, when an alliance of militias from the city of Misrata known as Libya Dawn took over the capital, Tripoli.
The group drove out the internationally-recognised government, which now operates in the eastern city of Tobruk.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the proposal of a unity government in a statement issued by his media office, while urging the parties to accept and sign the agreement.
The statement said Ban "urges Libyan leaders not to squander this opportunity to put the country back on the path to building a state that reflects the spirit and ambitions of the 2011 revolution".
The foreign policy chief of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, also welcomed the announcement...
aljazeera.com
9/10/15
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Le gouvernement d'union libyen annoncé par l'ONU ne fait pas l'unanimité...
ReplyDeleteLa Libye se dotera-t-elle d'un gouvernement d'union nationale ? L'ONU a formulé une proposition avec plusieurs noms dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi mais le Parlement non reconnu de Tripoli a déjà émis des réserves.
L'émissaire des Nations Unies pour la Libye, Bernardino Leon, a proposé dans la nuit de jeudi 8 à vendredi 9 octobre la formation d'un gouvernement d'union nationale, avec à sa tête Fayez el-Sarraj, assisté de trois vice-Premiers ministres : Ahmad Meitig, Fathi el-Mejbri et Moussa el-Koni. Mais cette proposition ne fait pas l'unanimité.
Près de quatre ans après la chute du régime de Mouammar Kadhafi, la Libye est en proie à un conflit opposant deux Parlements rivaux : le Congrès général national (CGN), basé à Tripoli, sous la coupe de la coalition des milices Fajr Libya, et un autre siégeant à Tobrouk, reconnu par la communauté internationale.
Or, les délégués du CGN n'ont pas souhaité proposer de noms pour le gouvernement d'union car ils réclament des modifications à la proposition onusienne........france24.com
La ONU da la bienvenida al acercamiento entre las partes del conflicto de poder en Libia para conformar un Gobierno de unidad nacional, declaró el secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon....
ReplyDeleteAnteriormente el enviado especial de la ONU para Libia, Bernardino León, anunció la lista del Gobierno de unidad nacional del país que encabezará Faiez Serag.
"El secretario general aplaude la propuesta sobre la difusión de la lista de candidatos al Gobierno de unidad nacional de Libia", según la declaración, difundida por el servicio de prensa de la ONU.
Ban Ki-moon destacó los méritos de los participantes de las negociaciones que lograron concordar el texto final del acuerdo político "tras amplias consultas".
"Llegó el momento para los participantes del conflicto de apoyar esta propuesta y sin tardar firmar el acuerdo", dice la nota.
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