The UN and its diplomatic partners seeking a resolution to the Libyan crisis today urged the Security Council to release assets frozen under UN sanctions to the country’s transitional authorities (NTC) to help them set up a government in the North African nation. (From UN News Centre Sources) Individual states, as Italy recently, have released funds to the NTC, but the amount is a trickle compared to the estimates of Libyan Government money that is currently lodged in countless vaults and funds. There is also monies/assets held in alternate accounts in the name of Colonel Gaddafi, family and cronies that will also be claimed by the new Libyan authorities. Some estimates range well above $100 billion. “We have decided to start a process to unfreeze the frozen Libyan assets in an expedited manner,” members of the Libya Contact Group said in their final communiqué after a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey. “In that regard, participants urged the UN Security Council to pass the resolution currently under discussion,” they said. The Contact Group urged Colonel Muammar al-Qadhafi and his “inner circle” to turn themselves in immediately to face justice to prevent further bloodshed and destruction of property. Media reports indicate that forces supporting the National Transitional Council (NTC) have taken control of most of the country. Members of the Group – the UN, European Union, NATO, the League of Arab States, Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, Gulf Cooperation Council, and, by invitation, the African Union – declared that the NTC was, currently, the sole representative of the Libya people. “While expressing satisfaction for the ever ever-widening international recognition of the NTC, they underlined the need to empower the NTC with the legal, political and financial means necessary to form an interim government of Libya,” members of the Group said in their communiqué. Post Conflict Elections & Rebuilding: Earlier, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on post-conflict planning for Libya, Ian Martin, told the Group that delivery of humanitarian assistance, especially medical aid, is the most urgent priority, adding that the world body and its partners are finalizing a 30-day assistance plan. “We stand ready to bring the extensive experience of the United Nations has developed from so many post-conflict contexts to the unique challenge of a country which lacks living memory of an election, let alone electoral institutions and political parties,” said Mr. Martin. He stressed that any UN role would be in support of national efforts. “The purpose of initial deployment [of UN support] would be to engage with the Libyan authorities and actors regarding their needs and wishes, in order to design longer-term support where requested,” said Mr. Martin. He stressed the need for effective coordination of international assistance for Libya, in response to a common understanding of the country’s priorities. “The international community will do hard-pressed transitional authorities no favour if it presents itself in Tripoli as multiple interlocutors or assessment missions demanding their scarce time, or seeks their participation in multiple forums outside Libya, when their own country demands their leadership,” said Mr. Martin. He pointed out that the UN, the World Bank and European Union have an agreed process for tripartite post-conflict assessment and will be discussing with the NTC when and how the that process can best be applied in Libya. Related ARTICLE – “Beyond Libya, Winners & Losers After Gaddafi” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/beyond-libya-gaddafi-winners-losers-by-ambassador-mo/34643 Many More Related FILM REPORTS at: diplomaticallyincorrect.org/c/war-crimes-justice











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