Topic: Dealing with Civil and Political Unrest
Country: Libya
Delegate Name: Keilyn Broussard
School: Flint Southwestern Classical Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Libya position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
We, the country of Libya, are struggling to control civil and political unrest. During our Civil War in 2011, former president Muammar Gaddafi was faced with rebellion by the anti-Gaddafi National Transitional Council, and our country was slip between the Gaddafi loyalists and rebels. His government eventually became corrupted and violent, and Gaddafi was to be put under arrest for crimes against humanity. Near the end of 2011, all pro-Gaddafi cities had been captured and Gaddafi himself, while attempting to escape, was murdered. Ever since then, our country has been in violent conflict.
Our Parliament is working tirelessly to gain control and create order within our country. We are dealing with a string of militias and faux governments at the moment, including Islamist groups controlling the city of Tripoli and the New General National Congress. The United Nations has currently been helping with the predicament since 2011 for civilian protection, but problems still persist and multiple people have been killed due to air strikes, beheadings, and other violence of that nature. Currently, Libya is in shambles.
As previously stated, the United Nations is already working with us to recover from our Civil War. This task, called the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, aims to:
"(a) restore public security and order and promote the rule of law;
(b) undertake inclusive political dialogue, promote national reconciliation, and embark upon the constitution-making and electoral process;
(c) extend state authority, including through strengthening emerging accountable institutions and the restoration of public services;
(d) promote and protect human rights, particularly for those belonging to vulnerable groups, and support transitional justice;
(e) take the immediate steps required to initiate economic recovery; and
(f) coordinate support that may be requested from other multilateral and bilateral actors as appropriate."
We thank you for the patience you have been showing us, and we hope to completely fix this problem with your help in the near future.
