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****** Libya: AU Recognises NTC in Libya ******
20 September 2011
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Pretoria — The African Union (AU) has officially recognised the National
Transitional Council (NTC) as the representative of the Libyan people as they
form an all-inclusive transitional government that will occupy the Libyan seat
at the AU.
"The AU stands ready to support the Libyan people, on the basis of the AU
Roadmap and working together with the international community, as they rebuild
their country towards a united, democratic, peaceful and prosperous Libya,"
read a statement issued by the office of the Chairperson of the African Union,
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who is also the President of Equatorial Guinea.
On Tuesday, Mbasogo received a briefing from the Ad Hoc Committee of the AU
Peace and Security Council regarding the developments in Libya, on the eve of
the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The briefing was based on the outcomes of the meeting of the AU Peace and
Security Council held in Addis Ababa on 26 August and the meeting of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Libya held on 14 September in Pretoria.
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Libyans celebrate Muammar al-Gaddafi's fall in Zimbabwe (file photo).
At both meetings, the AU encouraged the Libyan stakeholders to form an all-
inclusive transitional government that would work towards the promotion of
national unity, reconciliation and democracy and urged the National
Transitional Council (NTC) to protect all foreign workers, including African
migrant workers.
The leadership of the National Transitional Council, in its letter to the
Chairperson of the AU Commission on 5 September, provided assurances stressing
their commitment to:
* the African continent;
* give priority to national unity and to bring together all Libyan
stakeholders, without any exception, to rebuild the country; and to
* protect all foreign workers within Libya, including the African migrant
workers.
These commitments were in line with the provisions of the AU Roadmap.
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