UN General Assembly
2011

At the outset, allow me to thank most sincerely the Ambassador of sisterly Qatar on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I should like also to thank Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon on his reappointment to a second term as Secretary-General. I stand before the Assembly today feeling sadness and awe at the loss of the more than 30,000 martyrs who sacrificed their lives for my country. Their sacred blood was shed to write a new history for the new Libya. By the same token, I bow before the mothers who now know that their sons’ sacrifice was just and rightful. Had the same events been repeated, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters would have done the same, 47 11-51360 in order to write the new history. From this rostrum, let me salute all the martyrs whose blood was shed, and all the mothers and fathers in Libya. I also salute the thousands of wounded in hospitals both inside and outside Libya. Two years ago, in this very Hall and on this very