On
Sahel, Russia
Wins Reference
to Libya Arms
Embargo, Ban
Talks Solar
Panels
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
December 10 --
With the Sahel
the topic of
Monday's UN
Security
Council debate
and
Presidential
Statement,
there was a
solar
energy
proposal by
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon and a
line about
Libya inserted
in the
statement,
upon Russia's
request.
The
Presidential
Statement
expresses
"serious
concern" about
"the continued
proliferation
of weapons
from within
and outside
the region
that threaten
peace,
security, and
stability of
States in
this region."
Inner City
Press is
putting the PRST online here.
Many
of the weapons
come from
Libya, after
the fall of
Gaddafi.
Russia
remains
focused on
this, and
pushed to the
end to have
the issue
included,
multiple
sources told
Inner City
Press.
Ultimately a
line
was added
stressing "the
importance of
the
implementation
of all
relevant
Security
Council
Resolutions
including
those with
regards to
arms
embargoes."
That would be
the arms
embargo on
Libya.
Meanwhile
in
his opening
speech, Ban
Ki-moon
referred to
his "Energy
for
All" proposal,
co-chaired by
an executive
from Bank of
America,
saying the
Sahel would be
a good place
for solar
energy.
There
was a proposal
in Gaddafi's
Libya for a
massive solar
panel farm.
That fell
along with
Gaddafi. Could
it be revived?
Watch this
site.
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