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16 May 2009 The Libyan authorities on Thursday
announced that it is to ban smoking in public places,
and the media advertising of all tobacco products.
The decision announced by the Libyan cabinet also
prohibits selling cigarettes to any person less than
18 years old.
The Libyan government also banned producing any kind
of sweets that are shaped like cigarettes and banned
manufacturing, importing or marketing any product that
carries titles of tobacco products, such as clothes or
shoes or toys.
In 2008, the World Health Organisation said that only
5 per cent of the world's population lives in
countries with comprehensive national bans on tobacco
advertising and promotion
Traiki Meets UN General Assembly
President in Tripoli
In a separate development, the Secretary of African
Union Affairs Dr. Ali Traiki met in Tripoli with the
President of UN General Assembly Miguel d'Escoto in
Tripoli last Tuesday.
The meeting discussed arrangements for the forthcoming
UN General Assembly, headed by Libya. Also during the
meeting, they discussed the important issues on the
agenda of the assembly, especially the global economic
position.
Both diplomats underlined that the UN General Assembly
should play a major role in confronting the global
economic crisis, and that the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund should be under the the
responsibility of the UN.
Meanwhile, Traiki met the Senegalese President in
Dakar on Thursday and discussed with him the
developments of the African Union.
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