UN Special envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said in his remarks to Security Council Monday that the political deadlock persists with no clear end in sight to the prolonged stalemate over the executive authority.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Sunday the number of people internally displaced (IDPs) in Libya continued to decrease during the reporting period (May – June, 2022) as 143,419 individuals (29,194 families) were identified to be displaced by June 2022 compared to 159,996 IDPs identified in the previous round.
Crews aboard a humanitarian rescue ship rescued 39 people on Sunday from a small fiberglass boat adrift in the Mediterranean.
The U.N. Special Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said Sunday he met in Benghazi with the Joint Military Commission’s (JMC) five eastern members and urged them to continue their efforts to preserve the ceasefire agreement.
Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs of the Dbeibeh’s outgoing government, Walid al-Lafi, who is accused of supporting extremist groups in Libya through media, headed a delegation participating in a conference against Islamophobia held in Istanbul, Turkey on 22 October.
Components of the Libyan Cyrenaica region, represented by political, civil and social parties and forces, members of the Parliament and members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly have demanded the Parliament Presidency and members, the General Command of the Libyan National Army and all national Forces of declaring federal government in the regions of Cyrenaica and Fezzan according to the unamended 1951 constitution.
The Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Aqila Saleh and the Head of the High Council of State Khalid al-Mishri have agreed on changing heads of sovereign positions and unifying the government before the end of next January, as came in a press conference the two officials held Friday in Rabat, Morocco.
Members of the Libyan Parliament held talks on Thursday in Benghazi with the British ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, according to the Parliament Spokesman, Abdulla Bleihiq.
UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily met in Tripoli Wednesday with the Chairperson of the Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Emad al-Sayeh, according to UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday it helped 32 refugees, including young children, leave on flights this week from Libya to be resettled in Canada and Norway, with logistical support from International Organization for Migration (IOM) Libya.