The representative of Libya, Ambassador “Taher Al-Sunni”, met at the headquarters of the permanent Libyan mission to the United Nations in New York, the team of the United Nations Election Support Department and the United Nations Department of Political Affairs and Peacekeeping, within the framework of the Libyan mission’s follow-up to the United Nations’ preparations to support the upcoming elections.
It also comes in response to the national unity government’s request to send the UN team to assess needs and the Security Council’s recent support for this request.
The mission stated that the UN team provided an overview of their work and preparations to send the needs assessment team to Libya during the coming period, where the discussion took place on technical and logistical matters and ways to secure the elections in cooperation with the High Elections Commission and the concerned Libyan state institutions.
The team also reviewed similar experiences in several other countries that can be used for the success of the electoral process in Libya, which is to be held at the end of the year.
For his part, Al-Sunni stressed the importance of the role of the United Nations and international and regional organizations in supporting the general elections in the country. Joint coordination with regional and international organizations, and taking all possible technical and modern preparations to support voter registration mechanisms, polling centers, monitoring and vote counting, in order to ensure a transparent and fair electoral process whose results are accepted by all.
The “Sunni” representative also presented a summary of the most important activities of the government, the relevant committees and institutions, and voter awareness programs, all of which aim to support the electoral process and make it a success.
Source: Libyan News Agency