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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) urged the Libyan House of Representatives to adopt “the necessary adjustments, including those put forward by the High National Commission for Elections (HNEC), to enable the holding of free, fair, inclusive, and credible parliamentary and presidential elections simultaneously on 24 December”.

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António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary-General, has welcomed the agreement reached in Geneva earlier this week by the 5+5 Joint Military Committee on an action plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Libyan territory.

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The United Nations Human Rights Council has extended the mandate the Libya Fact-Finding Mission for nine months, the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced on Monday.

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Libya’s 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) signed on Friday an action plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries from the country.

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Imad al-Sayeh, chairman of the High National Election Commission, held talks yesterday in Tripoli with Marc-André Franche, a representative for the U.N. Development Program in Libya, about preparations for the general elections scheduled for December 24.

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Human Rights Watch has welcomed the report of the independent fact-finding mission on Libya, which was released three days ago, but called on the United Nations to renew the mission’s mandate in order to further investigate war crime in the country.

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The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the parliamentary elections law issued by the House of Representatives yesterday.

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War crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, torture, enslavement, extrajudicial killings and rape have been committed in Libya since 2016, a United Nations investigation has found.

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One migrant was killed and at least 15 others injured, six seriously, when security forces in Tripoli carried out raids on houses and temporary makeshift shelters on Friday in Gargaresh, an area of Tripoli heavily populated by migrants and asylum-seekers. 

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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) unveiled on Saturday a “Vision for Libya: towards prosperity, justice and strong State institutions.”

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