and we support offers by south africa to assist in the drafting of a constitution to put such mechanisms in place we are also encouraged by the release of funds facilitated by the united nations security council which we hope will significantly ease the hardships currently being endured by the people of libya an all inclusive transition to peace unity and democracy is likely to be a long and very hard road while the acdp supports legitimate aspirations of the people in north africa and the middle east for democracy justice peace and security we are aware that many forces are at work in what has been dubbed the arab spring commentators say that the budding of democracy