Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (on screens), president of the UN General Assembly, chairs the meeting which accepted the new government's credentials.
Africa Splits in Vote to Seat New Libyan Regime at UN
Twelve African countries joined a losing bid to block Libya's new transitional administration from taking up the country's UN seat. Eighteen African countries voted to seat the new regime.
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Libya: UN General Assembly Seats Transitional Govt
UN, 16 September 2011
United Nations General Assembly this morning adopted the agenda for its sixty-sixth session during a meeting which required two recorded votes to allow representatives of Libya's… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nation Absent As UN Votes to Recognise Libyan Rebels
This Day, 19 September 2011
Nigeria, the first African country to back Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC), was absent at the weekend when the United Nations General Assembly voted to recognise the… Read more »
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Libya: Morocco Backs NTC As Representative to the UN
MAP, 17 September 2011
Morocco voted, on Friday at the UN General Assembly, for a decision allowing the interim National Transitional Council (NTC) to be Libya's official representative. Read more »
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Libya: U.S. Backs General Assembly Seat for Gaddafi's Challengers
State Department, 16 September 2011
Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Credentialing of Libya's Transitional National Council, September 16, 2011: Read more »
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Libya: Why Rwanda and South Africa Differed on Gaddafi
East African, 18 September 2011
The year 1994 saw the end of the dark days of the Apartheid system in South Africa as well as the politics of ethnic division that characterised both the colonial and post-colonial… Read more »
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Libya: No U-Turn On Gaddafi, Says Uganda's Museveni
New Vision, 17 September 2011
ON Friday, President Yoweri Museveni met the New Vision and Monitor media managers at State House Nakasero and explained a number of issues relating to the African Union stand on… Read more »
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Libya: Burkina Faso and Niger Back Gaddafi's Victims
allAfrica, 14 September 2011
There is good news in the world of international justice: Burkina Faso and Niger have said unequivocally that they will not give safe haven to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi… Read more »
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Africa: Why Africa Should Mourn Gaddafi's Fall
The Star, 16 September 2011
According to the United Nations Human Development Index and the Africa Development Bank country profile, Libya under Gaddafi rule was rated the best place to live in Africa. Read more »
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Libya: Africa Divided Over Recognizing Transitional Council
Sudan Tribune, 26 August 2011
The African Union (AU) on Friday declined to recognize Libya's National Transition Council (NTC) as the sole legitimate governing authority for the North African state. Read more »
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Libya: African Union Calls for 'Inclusive Transitional Government'
African Union, 27 August 2011
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 291st meeting held on 26 August 2011, at the level of the Heads of State and Government, adopted the following… Read more »
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Libya: Libya - FG Owes No Country Apology - Presidency
Daily Trust, 26 August 2011
Nigeria owes no individual or country any apology for recognising the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya as a legitimate representative of the northern African country's… Read more »
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Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is losing the support of the African Union. The AU Peace and Security Council is to meet later this month on recognizing the new transitional ... Read more »
