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Monday 13 Jul 2015 - 12:35 Makkah mean time-26-9-1436
New York (IINA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has voiced encouragement at the initialing of a critical agreement between Libyan stakeholders aimed at resolving the country's political crisis, a United Nations spokesperson confirmed on Sunday.
The Libyan Political Agreement, initialed Saturday in Skhirat, Morocco, following consultations between various parties, comes amid ongoing fighting across the North African country.
In Sunday's statement, Ban's spokesperson said the Secretary General looked forward to “the speedy conclusion of the full agreement and its implementation.”
“The act is a clear demonstration of political will and courage and brings the country one step closer to resolving the current institutional and security crisis,” the spokesperson said.
“The Secretary General calls on all Libyans to move the political transition process forward, in a spirit of unity, through the formation of a Government of National Accord,” he added.
Bernardino León, head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Secretary General's Special Representative for Libya, celebrated the initialing of the Libyan Political Agreement as “a very important step on the road to peace” which all stakeholders had been long seeking to achieve.
“Through this text,” León declared from Skhirat as he addressed the ceremony of the initialing of the Agreement, “you are laying the foundation for a modern, democratic state based on the principle of inclusion, the rule of law, separation of powers and respect for human rights.”
Both Ban and León confirmed the United Nations' continued support for the Libyan people as the country's stakeholders now move forward in building institutions and good governance.
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