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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 16 (KUNA) -- Acting upon recommendation from its
Credentials Committee and despite objections and attempts to defer the issue,
the General Assembly on Friday approved the credentials of the National
Transitional Council (NTC) to represent Libya in the Assembly's 66th session.
The Assembly voted 114 in favour, 17 against and 15 abstentions. Prior to
this vote, the Assembly rejected, by 22 in favour, 107 against and 12
abstentions, a motion by some African and Latino countries to reject or defer
the issue to a later date.
In a related matter, KUNA learned from a Libyan diplomat that the head of
the NTC Mustafa Abduljalil will represent Libya at the high-level Conference
of the Friends of Liba" which will convene here on September 20 in the margins
of the Assembly's high-level annual debate.
The Conference will be an occasion for AbdulJalil to meet US President
Barack Obama and other Heads of State and Government who will arrive in New
York for the annual debate.
The Libyan diplomat added, however, that the Libyan speech at the annual
debate will be delivered by Libya's interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril on
September 27.
Abderrahman Shalgham, who served the Gaddafi regime before he defected last
February and became a NTC member, will remain Libya' Permanent Representative
to the UN representing the new regime, the diplomat added. (end)
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