The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, said on Sunday in his speech at the United Nations Fifth Conference on Least Developed Countries that Libya is working to alleviate the suffering of trapped countries in Africa by facilitating cross-border trade despite the exceptional circumstances in our country.

Al-Manfi affirmed Libya’s commitment to the noble principles sponsored by the United Nations towards the least developed countries, explaining that Libya realizes that the least developed countries are capable of creating a prosperous future for their peoples despite the challenges and obstacles they face.

Al-Manfi also supported the Doha Program of Action for the Decade 2022-2031, which focuses on creating a new generation towards the least developed countries, emphasizing the right of these countries to access knowledge, technology, and bridging the scientific gap.

Al-Manfi pointed out that he calls on the international community to prioritize support for the implementation of the Doha Action Plan outcomes and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030, as well as the establishment of a global emergency fund contributed by all countries of the world to confront pandemics, natural disasters, and the effects of wars, and to ensure access to medicine and food for everyone.

Al-Manfi also stressed that assistance should be provided to source and transit countries in Africa to encourage migrants to stay in their countries by establishing real development projects.