Korea’s Daewoo E&C makes presentation to Airports Authority
South Korea’s Daewoo E&C made a comprehensive presentation of its local and international works to the Libyan Airports Authority last Sunday. The Airports Authority reported that Daewoo’s General Manager, Libya Branch, and his assistant, made a visual presentation to its specialists, which was attended by the Director of Construction and Utilities Department and his department heads and some management employees. During the presentation, Daewoo’s objectives and previous experience in the field of designs, construction and renewable energy systems were introduced, in addition to reviewing the projects that the company has implemented in Libya and around the world, especially airport-related projects.
Source:Libya Today
June 21, 2022 08:57 UTC
Al-Mishri says he’s ready to negotiate with Saleh in Gadamis
Khaled Al-Mishri, chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, accepted on Monday the United Nations’ proposition to hold direct negotiations between him and Aguila Saleh, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Members of both chambers failed to reach an agreement after wrapping up a third round of U.N.-mediated talks in Egypt on Sunday. She called on Saleh and Al-Mishri to convene a meeting within 10 days in mutually agreed location to try and bridge the gaps between the two sides. In a public letter addressed to Williams, Al-Mishri stated that he is “fully ready” to meet with Saleh to “discuss pending points pertaining to the constitutional path” and “seek to resolve it”. He further proposed to hold the meeting in Libya, particularly in northwestern town of Gadamis.
Source:Libya Today
June 21, 2022 08:36 UTC
FIFA launch Menstrual Health and Education project in South Sudan
• In collaboration with FIFA the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has launched a Menstrual Health and Education Through Football project• As part of this project, a Girls Interschool Tournament was held in May• The pilot project aims to utilise grassroots football as a tool for educationFollowing the visit of FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura to South Sudan in 2021, FIFA in February 2022, in cooperation with the South Sudan FA, has launched a pilot project: Menstrual Hygiene and Education for Girls and Women Playing Football. In South Sudan, 70% of girls and women do not have access to hygiene products such as sanitary pads or tampons. Embed: https://twitter.com/SSFAWomen/status/1497162313547329568?s=20&t=BtMwpESQyO2WfrkjoRtK3gThis is where FIFA's Menstrual Health and Education through Football pilot project in South Sudan comes in. I believe with much effort and support, we shall soon see a new era of women’s football in the country," he added. "The menstrual hygiene project is a pilot project that FIFA was kind enough to bring to South Sudan.
Source:Libya Today
June 21, 2022 07:55 UTC
Parents, siblings, friends: Remembering the lives lost in the Toronto van attack
Here's a look at the lives that were lost, based on interviews with family and friends and victim impact statements filed in court. The two young women met on the first day of school at the University of Toronto and instantly became best friends. "She was more than just a best friend, she was sometimes a sister, sometimes a mother, sometimes a teacher," So said in her victim impact statement. His wife, So Min Kim, wrote in her victim impact statement that she remains lost without her husband. "We cheered our teams on as if we were at the arenas," Begg told court in her victim impact statement.
Source:Libya Today
June 21, 2022 07:38 UTC
UN Envoy Urges Libyan Rival Parties to Bridge 'outstanding Issues'
Cairo [Egypt], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Libya advisor urged the rival factions in Libya to meet within 10 days at an agreed-upon location to bridge "outstanding issues" as their final round of negotiations ended in Cairo with no breakthrough on Monday. The negotiation between Libya's east-based parliament and the Tripoli-based High Council of State aimed to achieve consensus on a Libyan constitutional draft that may lead to successful elections. Libya failed to hold general elections in December 2021 because of disagreements on the election laws among the warring parties. Also Read | Kabul Gurdwara Blast: Hardeep Puri Meets Family of Deceased Savinder Singh, Presents PM's Letter to Afghan Sikh Community. (ANI/Xinhua)(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
Source:Libya Today
June 21, 2022 05:36 UTC
PM Dbeibah: National reconciliation paves the way for elections
The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, has affirmed that national reconciliation enhances stability in Libya, and paves the way for parliamentary and presidential elections, which were and still are the people's demand. This came during his meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Congo, Jean-Claude Gakosso and his accompanying delegation from the African Union, to contribute to supporting the national reconciliation project, according to the media office of the GNU. For his part, PM Dbeibah praised their efforts in supporting the file of national reconciliation in Libya.
Source:Libya Observer
June 20, 2022 20:33 UTC
Cairo meetings concluded without agreement on Libyan constitutional basis
The Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Libya Stephanie Williams announced on Monday the end of the third and final round of negotiations between the Joint House of Representatives and High Council of State Committee on the Libyan Constitutional Track, UNSMIL said in a statement on Monday. UNSMIL added that the Joint Committee had achieved a great deal of consensus on the contentious articles in the Libyan Draft Constitution, saying that differences persist on the measures governing the transitional period leading to elections. Meanwhile, the Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Libya called upon the Presidencies of the two Chambers to meet within ten days at an agreed upon location to bridge outstanding issues. Williams invited earlier last week the Speaker of HoR Aqila Saleh, HCS Head Khalid Al-Mishri to attend a meeting in Cairo on Friday/Saturday but the meeting failed over disagreement on the discussion’s agenda.
Source:Libya Observer
June 20, 2022 20:32 UTC
UN says Libyan rivals fail in election talks
The most contentious issue was the criteria for presidential candidacy, with the Tripoli-based council demanding that military men not be allowed to run. The talks started on June 12 with the goal of setting up a constitutional framework for elections in Libya. The Tripoli-based council asked that military people not be allowed to run for the highest office in the country. This election was cancelled for a variety of reasons, including controverted candidates and conflicts over election laws. During the negotiations in Cairo, the eastern legislators demanded that military men be allowed to run in the forthcoming election.
Source:Libya Today
June 20, 2022 16:32 UTC
Italy offers to treat Libyan children with incurable diseases
The Italian Ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino, has expressed his country's readiness to treat Libyan children suffering from incurable diseases in Italian hospitals. The disclosure came during Buccino's meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister/ Minister of Health in charge, Ramadan Abu Janah, on Sunday. A statement by the Health Ministry said the meeting discussed strengthening cooperation and activating the agreements between the two countries in the health aspect. The Italian ambassador expressed his desire to organize visits to Italian doctors who would provide treatment services within local hospitals and specialized centers and deliver training for medical and paramedical personnel. The two sides also touched upon the debts owed by the Libyan state to Italian hospitals with respect to the treatment of Libyan patients and the war-wounded, in addition to supporting health facilities in the southern region.
Source:Libya Observer
June 20, 2022 16:13 UTC
UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Libya Stephanie Williams thanks Egypt for hosting Libyan meetings
CAIRO – 20 June 2022: The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Libya Stephanie Williams, thanked the Egyptian government and people for their ‘kind hospitality’ during the three rounds of talks of the Libyan Constitutional Track meetings in Cairo. Egypt welcomed on Monday the outcomes of the third round of the Libyan constitutional committee meetings held in Cairo in coordination with the United Nations on June 12-20. He expressed hope for pursuing efforts by the Libyan committee to fulfill its mission in the nearest chance. Egypt has been hosting the third and last round of talks within the framework of the UN-sponsored Libyan constitutional track meetings between delegations from the rival East-based Parliament and the High Council of State. During the Cairo talks, which started early this month, UN Special Advisor on Libya Stephanie Williams urged stop using force in Libya to intimidate citizens and disrupt the delicate political process in the Arab country.
Source:Libya Today
June 20, 2022 16:02 UTC
Egypt is proud to be second homeland for 6M refugees: Foreign Ministry
The statement noted that Egypt hosts six million refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers, and that the government offers them all basic services provided to Egyptians. That is in fulfillment of the international shared responsibility concept aimed at dividing duties and responsibilities." UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi commended Egypt's inclusive policy on refugees at Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development held in March 2021. "I remember a very inspiring conversation with [Egypt’s] education minister where he told me: "how can we leave behind refugees?,"" Grandi stated. Egyptian Deputy Assistant to Minister of Foreign Affairs for Migration, Refugee, and Combating Human Trafficking Neveen Elhusseiny stated in the same event that official asylum seekers in Egypt belong to Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Libya.
Source:Libya Today
June 20, 2022 14:45 UTC
Libya crisis: New UN mediation fails
A UN mediation effort to help Libya's rival camps reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for elections failed again on Monday, leaving the country's political crisis with no end in sight. "The third and final round of negotiations between the House of Representatives and the HCE on the Libyan constitutional track ended in the early hours of 20 June," the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams of the United States, announced on Twitter. "Differences remain on the measures governing the transitional period leading up to the elections," she conceded, although the "joint committee reached broad consensus on contentious articles of the draft Libyan Constitution. In her capacity as Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Libya, Ms Williams called on the presidents of the two chambers "to meet within ten days to resolve the outstanding issues". The holding of presidential and parliamentary elections at a foreseeable date, postponed indefinitely to December 2021, seems highly unlikely because of the very strong differences between political rivals and tensions on the ground.
Source:Libya Today
June 20, 2022 14:45 UTC
Libya's oil industry is in disarray right when the world needs it more than ever
The North African nation sits on 3% of the world's proven oil reserves, said Yousef Al Shammari, CEO and head of oil research at CMarkits in London. While it is a member of the OPEC oil cartel, it isn't bound by its production caps due to the political crisis it faces, meaning that it can extract and export as much oil as it wants.
Source:Libya Today
June 20, 2022 14:35 UTC
Libya: MSF calls for evacuation of most vulnerable migrants to safe countries
In Italy, a humanitarian corridor has already been opened and is allowing the evacuation of a number of highly vulnerable people in need of protection, including patients treated by MSF in Libya. MSF calls for this type of mechanism to be duplicated in other safe countries. “The medical care of people who are arbitrarily and indefinitely detained, or at risk of systematic violence, poses many dilemmas,” says Jérôme Tubiana, MSF advocacy manager for Libya. MSF is one of the few international non-governmental organisations working in Libya. Our teams provide general healthcare and psychosocial support to migrants held in detention centres and living in makeshift housing.
Source:Libya Today
June 20, 2022 12:54 UTC
UN says Libya rival factions fail to reach deal in election talks
The final round of talks in Egypt concluded without a breakthrough, UN special adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams said. Rival Libyan factions have failed to reach an agreement after wrapping up a third round of UN-mediated talks in Egypt, the United Nations said on Monday, further complicating international efforts to find a way out of the country’s decade-old chaos. During the talks in Cairo, the east-based legislators called for allowing military personnel to run in a subsequent vote. The oil-rich Libya has been racked by conflict since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The country was then for years split between rival administrations in the east and the west, each supported by different armed groups and foreign governments.
Source:Libya Today
June 20, 2022 12:46 UTC