The withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign forces out of Libya “will remain linked to the formation of an elected and representative Libyan government for all Libyans,” U.N. Advisor Stephanie Williams said on Monday.
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The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to convene a meeting on Monday, June 27th, to discuss the situation in Libya.
Former Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadum has been proposed for the post of new UN Special Representative in Libya and head of the U.N. Support Mission in the country, Italian news agency Nova reported.
The U.N. Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, met in Oslo today with German diplomat Christian Buck, who could reportedly replace her as head of diplomacy for the United Nations Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
The United Nations has expressed disappointed after Libya’s House of Representative and High Council of State failed to reach an agreement on constitutional basis for holding national elections in the country.
Khaled Al-Mishri, chairman of Libya’s High Council of State, accepted on Monday the United Nations’ proposition to hold direct negotiations between him and Aguila Saleh, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian NGO, has urged the European Union and the United Nations to “urgently review – and if needed suspend – current cooperation agreements with Libyan authorities” over the latter’s failure to end persistent abuse of migrants in detention centers.
The third and final round of talks between the members of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, end today in Cairo, announced U.N. Advisor on Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Saturday.
The Turkish government has continued its practice of deploying Syrian fighters to Libya, replacing those whose contracts have expired with…
Stephanie Williams, the U.N. Advisor on Libya, inaugurated on Sunday morning the third and final round of negotiations between the House of Representative and High Council of State in Cairo.