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UN to lead campaign with NTC for Libya’s future: Ban Ki-moon

02 September 2011 00:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. "The most immediate challenges in front of us is how to address humanitarian challenges," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at a press conference after the "Friends of Libya" conference here on Thursday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Ban promised that the United Nations and the international community would work together with Libya’s rebel National Transition Council (NTC) to realize political transition in the conflict-torn country.

According to Ban, Libya rebel leaders presented the Paris meeting with all the urgencies and priorities ahead of the transition leadership, ranging from transition justice, human right, policing to help in preparing for elections, institution building and constitution making.

"All agreed that at this critical time, all international community must work together and speak with one voice, with effective and well-coordinated program of action, and all agreed as well that the United Nations should lead in this campaign," Ban said.

A mandate was expected from the Security Council and then a civilian mission would be deployed to Libya as soon as possible, the UN chief added.

To Ban, two issues are of much significance during the political transition and reconstruction: the principle of state ownership and the importance of effective coordination.

"Libya’s future is for Libya people to decide and determine, international community will work with Libyan authority to identify what needs to be done and how to do it," said Ban, stressing that "Time and financial resources must not be wasted."