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Jibril

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  1. “That brings me back to the need to provide us with the appropriate financial and economic resources so that we can act, and do so effectively. In reiterating my thanks, I would also like to recall that the assistance provided to the National Transitional Council is one issue and that the means for us to meet deadlines is another matter. We have invested in many tasks, but, once again, we need the necessary financial resources to accomplish all of them. The Libyan people must have their resources and other monies due them restored so that they can march together towards the future.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  2. “We have reaffirmed our intention to avoid mistreatment of any foreigners in my country. However, the incidents that have occurred in no way translate into a systematic policy of the NTC, which rejects such a policy. However, we must be allowed to establish security services, a strong national army and a robust police force because those will help us to put an end to such violations and wherever and whenever they occur. Such vengeful acts do not reflect the policy of the National Transitional Council. They are horrendous acts that we vehemently condemn and reject, as we have done in the past and intend to do in the future. Investigations to resolve them will continue, but we still need substantial means to carry out such investigations.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  3. “All that will be in vain if the financial resources are not available, since the lack of such resources would be a major obstacle to the effectiveness of any Government, transitional or otherwise. Moreover, today, a number of Governments throughout the world - poor Governments that do not have many resources available - are not able to do anything. Poverty, need and want therefore remain destabilizing factors in those countries, even in they are not experiencing conflict. With regard to human rights violations and the ill-treatment of migrant workers in my country, I am obliged now to now give a clear picture of the situation. From the very beginning, the National Transitional Council expressed its commitment to the relevant human rights instruments and principles.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  4. “Much infrastructure, including bridges and roads, has been demolished. Social, economic, material and human infrastructure have completely collapsed or been incapacitated. All of this will require money to rebuild. With regard to the formation of the provisional Government, we cannot really talk about that unless it has the necessary funds to fulfil its functions. We cannot talk about Government structures if they turn out to be ineffective and unable to provide citizens with the basic necessities of life, to collect weapons from the streets, to form a national army incorporating all existing military forces and to put in place robust security and police forces that are able to carry out their duties and establish security in all cities and towns.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  5. “Al-Qadhafi is no longer part of the regime. It is true that he still has vast wealth. However, that said, the ones who are being deprived of those assets and wealth are the Libyan people, on whose behalf the resolution was adopted in order to enable them to receive protection and save lives. Let me recall that the circumstances that prevailed before the resolution was adopted no longer exist. It is therefore imperative to adopt a resolution that seeks to lift the freeze fully on those assets and funds so that the Libyan people can begin their reconstruction process. There are a number of injured people who have to be treated. There are many wounded people who are awaiting artificial limbs. Many houses have been destroyed, with many people displaced. Also, many schools have been destroyed and need to be rebuilt. Many power plants are down.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  6. “The inability of the NTC or the provisional Government to provide those basic services because of a lack of funding could affect its very foundations and legitimacy, which the Security Council recognized in the historic resolution 2009 (2011), re-establishing its seat at the United Nations as the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people. Continuing the assets freeze could be very risky because it could inhibit the efforts of the National Transitional Council to perform its functions. I ask the Security Council to totally lift the assets freeze as soon as possible, because the circumstances that applied when resolution 1970 (2011) was adopted no longer exist. That resolution sought to deprive the Al-Qadhafi regime of the funds, assets and authority that enabled it to buy weapons, which it turned on innocent people.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  7. “There are numerous factors fuelling instability, but I assert with certainty that one principal factor is the ongoing freeze of Libyan monies and assets 4 assets that belong to the Libyan people - pursuant to United Nations resolutions. Although we highly appreciate the work and measures undertaken recently by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) to unfreeze $16 billion and remove some Libyan companies from the embargo list, the road ahead remains very long. For the first six months of our blessed revolution, the National Transitional Council existed to fight a dictatorial regime. The current and future legitimacy of the NTC will depend entirely not only on its fight against a despotic regime, but also on its capacity to meet the basic needs of citizens.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  8. “The third factor for instability that I would like to mention - known to everyone here - is the spread of weapons not only in my country, but in neighbouring countries too. One of the main tasks of the NTC and the provisional Government will be to collect those arms and prevent their further distribution. That will be a first step towards stabilizing the situation, not only in the capital but also in all Libyan towns and cities. Rumours and recently published reports of the presence of certain chemical substances and stockpiles of chemical weapons purportedly discovered in the south of the country are a concern not only to the international community but also, first and foremost, to us and to innocent civilians living in areas within Libya where such substances are stockpiled.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  9. “It is no exaggeration to say that even beyond the African continent, Al-Qadhafi, with the means and assets has available to him, could resume his terrorist practices by distributing arms across the continent in order to justify his prediction that his absence from the political stage would be synonymous with the expansion of Al-Qaida and extremism throughout Africa. I want to draw the Council's attention to that real threat, because his active existence is a force to be dealt with. He and his sons are able to move freely, and that could lead to greater destabilization in the region until they and their acolytes are apprehended. For that reason, his arrest is imperative to re-establishing stability throughout the region, not only within Libya.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  10. “Al-Qadhafl's battalions continue to kill innocent civilians in three distinct regions of our country - in Sirte, in Bani Walid and yesterday in Ghadamis - and therefore the very foundations of resolution 1973 (2011) remain valid. In that regard, we would like to thank NATO for its decision to extend its mission for an additional 90 days. Secondly, Al-Qadhafi is still at large and possesses huge amounts of money and gold. The simple fact that he is still free and that he has such wealth at his disposal means that he is still capable of destabilizing the situation, not only within my country but also in the Sahel region and the African desert.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  11. “The consensus that was reached by the international community under that resolution and the ensuing international campaign to protect civilians in my country represent, in our view, an overwhelming victory for the rule of international ethics. It is a precedent that we hope will be followed by others and by initiatives to protect innocent civilians, wherever they are and every time they are the target of crimes of genocide or crimes against humanity, perpetrated by dictators wherever they are. Although some people think that the Al-Qadhafi regime fell with the fall of the capital and other cities, it is still true that the mission is far from accomplished.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source

  12. “Mr. Jibril (Libya) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me first of all to warmly thank the Security Council on behalf of my country's delegation and of the National Transitional Council (NTC), the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people. We are very grateful for the Council's adoption of two historic resolutions, which have clearly contributed to the protection of the lives of thousands of innocent civilians. Thanks to those two resolutions, we - with God's grace - have been able to protect and save those civilians. Resolution 1973 (2011) in particular has helped us in that endeavour. Although many would consider it to be in implementation of the United Nations Charter, from a strictly juridical point of View, the resolution was - for us certainly - in implementation of an ethical law rather than of the Charter itself.”

    2011-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6622 (2011) · source