The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, “Abdullah Batili,” called on the youth of Libya to coordinate efforts to call for elections, and work to ensure that their issues are included in the political process.
This came during a meeting between “Batili” yesterday, Wednesday, in Tripoli, with a group of (26) young men and women from all parts of Libya, south, east and west, representing a number of organizations, youth networks and student unions, according to a statement published by the mission through its account on “Twitter”.
The mission stated that the youth discussed with Batili his efforts to pave the way towards elections in Libya. The youth also stressed their desire to choose their own leaders, and highlighted the decline of civic space and violence against women as obstacles to public participation.
He called on the youth participating in the meeting to raise their level of representation in the decision-making process, and asked the Special Representative to continue his efforts to urge political leaders to act without further delay.
According to the statement, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General called on young people to coordinate efforts to call for elections, and to work to ensure that their issues are included in the political process.
Batili addressed the attendees, “The future of the country belongs to you, the youth must mobilize their efforts, demand their rights, and express the need for the elections to be comprehensive, fair and transparent.”
Source: Libyan News Agency