Libya grabs UN seat
afrol News, 19 October - Libya's long term dream of winning the United Nations
Security Council seat has been realised on Tuesday.
The North African country's previous attempts to grab the seat in 1995 and 2000
were blocked by the western powers, particularly the United States.
Libya joined Burkina Faso and Vietnam to win the three non-permanent seats
reserved for African and Asian countries.
Croatia and Costa Rica won the East European and Latin America seats
respectively.
Every year, five of the ten non-permanent seats on the 15-member council
controls the power to send peacekeeping troops around the world and enforce
sanctions on countries.
The non-permanent members are unlike the five permanent members [China, the
United States, Russia, Britain and France who have individual veto. However, a
resolution can be blocked by an alliance of seven members.
Observers said the election of Libya and Vietnam [former enemies of the United
States] was a reward for their good behaviour.
Libya fell apart with western powers following the 1988 bombing of Pan Am
flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing 270 people onboard.
The brawl led to UN sanctions on Libya, which at last surrendered the suspects
and admitted responsibility to compensate victims' families.
Libya also abandoned harbouring of terrorists and destroyed its weapons of mass
destruction in 2003.
Libyan Ambassador, Giadalla Ettalhi described his country's relations with the
United States as normal.
On 31 December, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, Congo and Slovakia will abandon their
seats. But South Africa, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, and Belgium each has a year
remaining.
By staff writer
© afrol News
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