[Mr. President I would like to briefly touch on the unilateral declaration by the transitional council of Burga, Cyrenaica on June 1st of a federal region in eastern Libya. The leadership of the transitional council of Burga have justified this move by what they perceived as the central government failure to address security and governance issues in their region. While it is difficult to gauge popular support for federalism in the eastern and southern regions of Libya, the calls for genuine decentralization and better distribution of natural resources could not be ignored. It may not be coincidental that therefore the prime minister announced on June 5th a decision to relocate the headquarter of four major state owned companies from Tripoli to Benghazi.] Tarek Mitri, Special Representative, Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:14:27 +0000
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