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Italy’s Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, will co-chair a meeting on Libya on Wednesday, September 22, together with his German and French counterparts, Heiko Maas and Jean-Yves Le Drian, respectively, Italian news agency Nova reports.

Citing Libyan sources, Nova stated that the meeting will be held on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, which will be held in New York from 20-25 September.

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The  Government of National Unity did not respond to a request of information made by the United Nations last July over the disappearance of Mansour Al-Maghrabi, the head of the Libyan Red Crescent branch in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, according to a U.N. official.

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The United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed on Monday the release of Saadi Gaddafi and other members of the fallen regime, describing it as a “significant step towards respect for the rule of law and human rights”.

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France is in “close coordination” with United Nations Mission in Libya to support the country’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections on December 24, the French foreign ministry said on Thursday.

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Ján Kubiš, the U.N. Envoy to Libya, discussed the latest developments in the country with the Libyan National Army’s representatives of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee during a meeting at the LNA’s headquarters in the eastern town of Rajma on Saturday, according to a brief statement by the LNA’s General Command.

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Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), discussed with Ján Kubiš, the U.N. Envoy to Libya, the latest developments in the country during a Saturday meeting at the LNA’s headquarters in the eastern town of Rajma, according to a brief statement by the LNA’s General Command.

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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed on Saturday the Libyan National Army’s recent decision to release of detainees affiliated with armed groups in western Libya.

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The United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned on Tuesday the forced closure of the eastern branch of the Man-Made River, which the Mission says could risk “provoking a humanitarian crisis”. 

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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) denied on Saturday allegations that claim that it allowed the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to discuss proposals which aim to obstruct the general elections in December. Instead, the U.N. Mission accused the LPDF members of making such proposals for the sake of their own “partisan and particular interest”.

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The Inability of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to reach an agreement on the constitutional basis for the elections “risks resulting in depriving once again the Libyan people of their right to democratically elect their representatives and restore the long-lost legitimacy of Libyan institutions”, said the U.N. Envoy to Libya Jan Kubis on Wednesday.

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