UN's
Martin Says
It's Up to
NATO,
Stateless
Unaddressed
Amid Gaddafi
Death
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 20 --
With the sound
of gunfire
celebrating
the
killing of
Gaddafi
ringing out
behind him, UN
envoy to Libya
Ian
Martin took
questions from
the press by
video on
Thursday.
Inner
City Press
asked Martin
about his
report,
exclusively
obtained and
published
here, in which
Martin stated
that NATO's
mandate would
not end with
the fall of
the Gaddafi
government.
What about the
death of
Gaddafi?
Video here,
from Minute
14:20.
Martin
replied,
"I've got
nothing to add
to the
statements
that NATO
itself has
made as to the
immanent end
of their
mandate as
they expect
it,
you'll hear
that from
them."
Source
have told
Inner City
Press that
some in the
Transitional
National
Council want
to strip the
right to vote
and more of
people, mostly
from sub
Saharan
Africa, to
whom Gaddafi's
government
gave
citizenship.
Martin
said,
"indeed, there
is a
discussion in
some quarters
whether people
granted
citizenship as
some see it
improperly by
Gaddafi should
be
eligible" to
vote. Video here;
gunfire is at
15:30.
Ian
Martin on UN
TV screen,
stateless
Africans not
shown (c)
MRLee
Rather
than oppose
a process that
could render
sub Saharan
Africans
stateless,
Martin
continued that
it's "not
something
we're
addressing
yet... we
have to
understand
what the issue
really is, we
need to
understand
what has gone
on in
citizenship
and
registration
process in
Libya in
the past."
But
what about
people who
have no other
state to
return to?
Watch this
site.
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