By Sami Zaptia.
London, 21 January 2021:
The U.S. has reaffirmed its support for Libya’s planned 24 December elections. This is the first comment by the U.S. under the newly inaugurated U.S. President, Joe Biden.
The reaffirmation came yesterday during a virtual meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norden and Emad Al-Sayah, head of Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC). HNEC is the entity that would oversee the elections.
The statement will also send a message to potential status quo obstructers.
Here is the U.S. Embassy’s report on the meeting in full:
‘‘Yesterday, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland and Dr. Emad Al-Sayah of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) discussed U.S. support as Libya prepares to hold national elections on December 24, 2021, as agreed by the UN-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF).
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The Organization of the Arab Electoral Managements Bodies invites all those interested in electoral affairs and the media outlets to follow the conference’s activities and participate in media coverage, via coordination with it by the e-mail or by visiting the conference’s website:
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TRIPOLI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) German Ambassador to Libya Oliver Owcza on Monday announced providing 400,000 euros (about 483,000 U.S. dollars) for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to support the High National Elections Commission of Libya. Honored to sign a German 400,000 Euros contribution to UNDP Libya in support of LyHNEC (Libyan High National Elections Commission), Owcza tweeted. Legal and organizational preparations should start now to support the electoral roadmap as agreed on by the LPDF (Libyan Political Dialogue Forum), the ambassador said.
A total of 75 Libyans representing different social and political spectrum participated in the UN-sponsored LPDF, which was held on Nov. 7-15, 2020 in Tunisia s capital of Tunis, to discuss a political roadmap to achieve lasting peace in the war-torn Libya.