Day: December 5, 2021

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Conference on Environmental Impacts of Pollution kicks off in Tripoli.

Tripoli, The Conference on Environmental Impacts of Pollution kicked off in Tripoli on Sunday. The conference is organized by the Ministry of Environment under the slogan “Our home is our responsibility).

The opening event was attended by Ministers of Environment Ibrahim Al-Arabi, and Civil Service Minister Abdel Fattah al-Khawaja, and a number of specialists and researchers from inside and outside Libya. The Minister of Environment Ibrahim al-Arabi underscored importance of holding this conference to discuss the challenges facing the environment in Libya, namely pollution of all kinds. “This land on which we live is shared with other creatures, such as animals and plants, yet man is the only being who messes with earth so badly that the greatest danger to his place of life is because of the pollution he causes,” he said.

“The environment is made up of four elements: air, soil, water and organism that includes plants and animals, and when we talk about environmental pollution, we mean the pollution of one of these elements, air is the essential element that is indispensable to us and this element has been mixed with harmful gases from exhaust fuel smoke and others, resulting in an ozone hole, and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) said one fifth of the world’s population is severely damaged by air pollution, most notably lung cancer.

In his speech, the minister noted that WHO experts have announced that five million people die each year from water pollution, as well as soil contamination from remnants of war and others. He noted that these conferences, which highlight pollution, are supported by the Ministry of Environment, hoping that the participants in this conference will come up with recommendations that we can implement on the ground.

The conference aims to assess the environmental impact of the Corona pandemic, identify the environmental impacts of pollution from various sources on human health and create awareness among decision makers of the importance of caring for environmental protection programs.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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MPs Demand Parliament Convene Meeting in Tobruk.

Tobruk, A number of members of the House of Representatives have called on parliament office to call for meeting on Monday, December 6, at its headquarters in Tobruk, and invite the Head of the High National Electionl Commission and representatives of the institutions supervising the security and judicial process to attend the session.

In a statement issued yesterday, the members called on the Commission not to announce the final list of candidates until after the meeting, so that Parliament could assess the situation of the electoral process in accordance with the passed legislations.

In their statement, the members reiterated their commitment to Libya’s sovereignty and unity and civil peace before December 24th by conducting a legal, free, fair and credible electoral process.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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Military Commission (5+5) Discusses in Ankara plan to withdraw mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya.

Ankara, Members of the Joint Military Commission (5+5) met in the Turkish capital Ankara on Friday with officials of the Turkish Defense Ministry. The meeting was attended by representatives of the United Nations Support Mission to Libya.

The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement published on its website that a briefing was provided on an action plan approved by the commission in Geneva on October 8th, which includes gradual removal of mercenaries and foreign fighters from the country.

According to the statement, the participants also addressed possible steps to bring peace, stability and security to Libya, and emphasized the friendship and deep historical ties between Libya and Turkey, as well as importance of continuing efforts towards peace and preserving the territorial integrity and national unity of Libya.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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Libya could once again become a global powerhouse for oil and gas, and to attract foreign investment.

Washington, The Ministry of Oil and Gas in the Government of National Unity recently submitted a series of

proposals in order to achieve an important goal aimed at improving the regulation of the sector in order to attract more investments by foreign companies, according to an American website specialized in oil affairs and gas.

Legal sources who spoke to OilPrice.com last week stated that (“these proposals are broadly in line with the original ideas supporting the

September 2020 agreement to keep the oil sector out of strife, and are largely aimed at clarifying how oil revenues are paid and distributed,” And the establishment of technical committees comprising representatives from all parties related to the sector, to work side by side with the Ministry of Oil and the Central Bank of Libya, in which the proceeds from the sale of oil are deposited.

The “Oil Price” report indicated the oil sector’s plan to raise production to 2.1 million barrels per day and produce natural gas to about four million cubic feet per day during the next five years, as this increase is feasible, especially in view of the recent deals concluded in the field of hydrocarbons, in reference to Results of the

energy summit in Tripoli last week.

Source: Libyan News Agency

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Joint Military Committee 5 + 5 member confirms Turkey’s welcome to remove mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya.

Tripoli, A member of the Libyan Joint Military Committee (5 + 5), Lieutenant-General Faraj Al Sawsa said that Turkey welcomed a request from the Military Committee regarding the withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya, according to the established plan that requires the withdrawal of all mercenaries and foreign forces in order to achieve the principle of national sovereignty, conditioning on a simultaneous exit by all parties.

In an interview published by the Russian Sputnik news agency Al-Sawsa said: “talks were held with the Turkish side regarding the implementation of the decisions of the Berlin Conference and the ceasefire agreement, and the consequent withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya.”

Al-Sawsa explained that “Turkey welcomed this request in order to achieve the principle of national sovereignty, which cannot be compromised, provided that the withdrawal by the two parties is parallel and simultaneous.”

He pointed out that the military committee will go to Moscow for the same request, in accordance with the Security Council resolutions that support the decisions of the joint military committee, provided that the simultaneous withdrawal will be under the supervision of international and local observers).

Source: Libyan News Agency