The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has invited members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum to a virtual meeting via Zoom after Eid Al-Fitr to discuss the Legal Committee’s recommendations regarding the constitutional basis for the upcoming elections.

The majority of those rescued were sent to Libyan detention centres where more than 1,000 children are being held.

Jan Kubis, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), met with Najla Al-Mangoush, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity.

Libya’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Taher al-Sunni, has said that mercenaries and foreign fighters must leave Libya, considering this an inevitable matter.

The international Libya Quartet on Tuesday urged authorities in the country to step up their efforts to improve the security situation and build confidence, to help bring peace to the country and fully implement the ceasefire agreement.

The ex-Minister of Interior in the previous Government of National Accord in Libya, Fathi Bashagha, hailed on Twitter the Russian rejection to lifting the United Nations arms embargo on Libya before presidential elections.

The UN Security Council Resolution unanimously passed two resolutions on Libya yesterday (2570 and 2751).

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.

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.

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.