The UN Security Council is voting on a draft resolution that urges all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and authorizes a small UN team to monitor last October’s ceasefire agreement that ordered their departure.
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LPDF Legal Committee concludes a three-day meeting and agrees on a proposal for a constitutional basis to be submitted to LPDF
The Legal Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LDPF) concluded today a three-day in-person meeting, which took place in Tunisia from 7 to 9 April to finalise the discussions on a constitutional basis for the national elections set for 24 December 2021.
Read More »LPDF Legal Committee meets to try to break impasse in establishing legal basis for 24 December elections
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s (LPDF) Legal Committee met yesterday in an effort to break impasse in establishing a legal basis for the planned 24 December 2021 elections.
Read More »UNSMIL convenes LPDF Legal Committee Meeting on the Constitutional Basis for 24 December Elections
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) facilitates a three-day direct meeting of the LPDF Legal Committee in Tunis from 7 to 9 April to finalize discussions on a constitutional basis which will pave the way for national elections on 24 December 2021, in accordance with the Libyan Political …
Read More »120 km of the coastal road cleared of mines and 7.5 tons of explosive remnants of war removed: UN Libya
120 km of Libya’s main west-east coastal road have gone through mine clearance with 7.5 tons of explosive remnants of war removed, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Georgette Gagnon, announced yesterday.
Read More »Guterres sees role for UN monitors in Libya truce
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres recommended in a report released Wednesday establishing a “monitoring component” for the UN mission in Libya working alongside a ceasefire monitoring mechanism run by Libyans.
Read More »Jan Kubis’ first brief to UNSC is cautiously upbeat after formation of Libya’s reunified government
In his first briefing to the UN Security Council yesterday, new UNSMIL head, Jan Kubis, had much positive news to report after the successful unification of Libya’s government after over 6 years of division.
Read More »UN chief calls anew for foreign ‘elements’ to leave Libya
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “remains deeply concerned” that “foreign elements” continue to operate in Libya, he wrote in a report to the Security Council.
Read More »IRINI has done a good job, foreign fighters must leave Libya, the EU happy to send ceasefire monitors if the UN requests it: EU’s Josep Borrel
Speaking to media in Rome yesterday on the occasion of the first anniversary of Operation IRINI, EU High Representative Josep Borrel said ‘‘Through Operation Irini we have been contributing substantially to create a stable environment that will allow for reconciliation and to go forward’’.
Read More »UN Libya report: Key takeaways, from mercenaries and Erik Prince to murders
After a series of leaks to the international media, a report on Libya by a panel of United Nations experts has been published this week.
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