UN General Assembly
2011

has the greatest capacities in terms of geography and human resources. We believe that hundreds of millions of young Africans will be driven by poverty and unemployment to move northward. Libya can be the gateway to development, instead of being the obstacle to migration from South to North. African labour, skills and competencies that satisfy the needs of the European economies can contribute to European economic growth, particularly in the light of the fact that in the next 30 years Europe will be facing a much smaller, ageing population. In 2050, the population of Europe will have diminished by 72 million; Africa’s population will be nearly 49 11-51360 2 billion. We believe that all this can contribute to European economic well-being and development through an agreement between Libyan capital and European technology. On the political front, Libya must be a civilian democratic State that gives full opportunities and participation to all its sons and daughters. Women must have a major role in the reconstruction of such a State. Women in Libya, about 50 per cent of the population,