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Libya: Libya's Leader
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In addition to the summit, Libya's Leader has recently been very vocal in articulating his views on issues vital to the Africa in a series of key addresses to African leaders. In a speech titled "Africa's Urgent Need of Stability", Libya's Leader called for political stability across the continent as essential to its future. Libya's Leader specifically said, "Without political stability, no strategic program of economic transformation can be implemented. Among the essential elements of stability are the continued and stable role of the political leadership and the existence of a political, social, and legal frame of reference."
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On 19 December 2003, the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) agreed to eliminate all materials, equipment, and programs resulting in the production of nuclear or other internationally proscribed weapons. Libya's leader Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi admitted that, in contravention of its international obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Libya had pursued a nuclear weapons program, allegedly to counter the covert Israeli nuclear program. Currently, the United States and Britain are dismantling Libya's nuclear weapons infrastructure with oversight from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Libya's Leader has engaged in several important dialogues during 2007. In March, he hosted Lord Anthony Giddens and Benjamin Barber, both noted scholars, in a dialogue on democracy. The discussion, titled "Libya in a Global Age", was led by Sir David Frost. It was covered by the BBC and hundreds of global print media outlets and spawned a spirited discussion of ideas for the region.
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