The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received on Tuesday 131 stranded Nigerians from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation program.
CAIRO - 29 June 2022: The Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Libya, Stephanie Williams, confirmed that the meetings with the Speaker of Parliament, Aguila Saleh, and the State, Khaled al Mashri, aim to put the final touches and discuss the measures for the constitutional document, the Libyan News Agency (LNA) reported Monday. Williams said, in press statements, that talk here is about transitional measures and elections, because during 23 days of discussions in Cairo, the meeting was able, commendably, to settle a number of controversial issues in the constitutional document. She pointed out that the file of the exit of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya will remain subject to the formation of an elected and representative Libyan government for all Libyans. Williams continued in her statements that the members of the Military Committee (5 + 5) discussed this issue early and directly with the countries concerned, traveled to Ankara and Moscow, and met in Cairo with neighboring countries to the south, such as Sudan, Niger and Chad. She added that the members of the (5+) committee have engaged extensively with the international community to push forward towards solving this problem, and have also sent a direct message to the political class in Libya that the longer the political division and conflict between representatives of the executive authority, the more difficult it will be for them to work
In his capacity as president of General Assembly of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, has set a meeting on July 17 to discuss the new formation of the GECOL Board of Directors. The meeting will include evaluating the performance of companies operating in the electricity field, following up on the company’s work plan for 2022, and studying the difficulties and problems it faces. PM Dbeibah ordered on Sunday to suspend the GECOL Board of Directors from work and place it under administrative investigation, in addition to assigning the Director of the Public Services Company, Mohamed Ismail, as an interim general manager of the company working under his direct supervision.
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The United Nations called for a “final and courageous effort” to break the deadlock over the long-awaited election rules in Libya, which was devastated by the war, as talks between rival agencies began in Geneva. Chairman Aguila Surrey and Chairman of the High Council of State Khalid al-Mishri are holding a two-day meeting at the United Nations Palais des Nations to discuss a draft constitutional framework for elections. “Your presence here today is an example of responsible leadership,” UN chief executive Stephanie Williams said at the meeting. Election prospects seem farther than ever since HoR, elected in 2014, appointed a government to replace Interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeiba and claimed that his mission had ended. After being unable to enter Tripoli at the armed standoffs in May, the rival government took office further east of Sirte.
“We need to heal the nation,” with priority given to the national interests of Libya and build a modern State, he stressed. She voiced her hope that the Council would endorse several recommendations for Libyan women. It was also important to ensure that the political process in Libya is fully Libyan-led and Libyan-owned with no imposition or external interference. The priority must be to resolve the crisis of executive power and achieve a unified Government capable of conducting elections throughout Libya. This should be a Libyan-led and -owned process that paves the way to free, fair, and inclusive national elections.
The US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, said on Tuesday that efforts are underway with international support to establish a Libyan-led mechanism to provide transparency regarding how oil revenues are spent, stressing the need to resume oil production and give this mechanism a chance to work. This came during his meeting with the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanallah, where they discussed critical importance of restoring Libyan oil production immediately to Libya and the global economy. Norland indicated that “as temperatures soar, electricity blackouts grow, prices rises and oil infrastructure corrodes, there is no excuse for those claiming that the oil shutdown is in the interests of Libya’s people”, the US Embassy tweeted.
VALLETTA, June 28 (Reuters) - A court has ordered Malta's Bank of Valletta to return to Libya some 95 million euros ($100.1 million) deposited by a son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The funds were deposited by Gaddafi's son Mutassim as the owner of a Maltese-registered company with Bank of Valletta BOV.MT accounts. Mutassim Gaddafi was found to be in possession of several of the bank's credit cards when he was killed in Misrata on October 20, 2011. The Malta court case was brought by Libya's attorney-general, who argued that Bank of Valletta had failed to carry out proper due diligence checks that should have prevented Mutassim Gaddafi opening an account in the first place. A lawyer for Muammar Gaddafi's heirs, Charilos Oikonomopoulos, argued that the money was private funds and not pilfered from the Libyan state.
The UN called for a “final and courageous effort” to break the deadlock over the rules for long-awaited elections in war-torn Libya, as talks between rival institutions began in Geneva. Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh and President of the High Council of State Khaled al-Mishri are meeting at the UN’s Palais des Nations for two days of talks to discuss the draft constitutional framework for elections. “Your presence here today is an example of responsible leadership,” the UN’s top Libya official Stephanie Williams said as she opened the talks. HoR-backed premier Fathi Bashagha said last Wednesday in a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres that he would “now be leading all efforts to bring elections to Libya at the earliest possible opportunity”. Recent weeks have seen repeated skirmishes between armed groups in Tripoli, prompting fears of a return to full-scale conflict.
AFP/ GenevaThe UN called for a “final and courageous effort” to break the deadlock over the rules for long-awaited elections in war-torn Libya, as talks between rival institutions began in Geneva. Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh and President of the High Council of State Khaled al-Mishri are meeting at the UN’s Palais des Nations for two days of talks to discuss the draft constitutional framework for elections. “Your presence here today is an example of responsible leadership,” the UN’s top Libya official Stephanie Williams said as she opened the talks. HoR-backed premier Fathi Bashagha said last Wednesday in a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres that he would “now be leading all efforts to bring elections to Libya at the earliest possible opportunity”. Recent weeks have seen repeated skirmishes between armed groups in Tripoli, prompting fears of a return to full-scale conflict.
The meeting will discuss the draft constitutional framework for elections. This follows the recent Joint Committee meeting held in Cairo where lawmakers from both chambers of parliament came to consensus on 137 articles of the country’s draft constitution. Today’s meeting is a step in the right direction for the future of Libya’s politics. It is likely that the meeting will conclude with Libya obtaining a finalized draft constitution. Parliament will likely approve the draft and proceed with a path towards elections.
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peace-building Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, has reiterated the UN readiness to facilitate dialogue between current Prime Minister of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and Parliament-designated PM, Fathi Bashagha. "It is high time to agree on outstanding issues and make the elections happen. We remain committed to supporting Libyan national reconciliation efforts, working closely with our partners, including the African Union." "As armed groups continue to position themselves in support of either Mr. Dbeibah or Mr. Bashagha, the risk of escalation increases." She indicated that the partial shutdown of Libya’s oil sector continues and since 16 April, the shutdown has reduced Libyan oil exports by one third and cost the country 3.1 billion US dollars in lost revenue.
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Although the parliament has appointed a new government, the one installed last year through a U.N.-backed process refuses to step down. Libyans fear the crisis will derail efforts to get the elections back on track and could return the country to territorial partition and civil war. "The reality of the Libyan political scene is that no single actor can produce an outcome. A mechanism to resolve financial disputes over oil revenue is key to reunifying the central banks, he said. "This mechanism could provide a short-term pseudo-governmental function until elections take place so the sooner that happens the better for all Libyans," he added.
The UN called for a "final and courageous effort" to break the deadlock over the rules for long-awaited elections in war-torn Libya, as talks between rival institutions began in Geneva. Presidential and parliamentary elections, originally set for December last year, were meant to cap a UN-led peace process following the end of the last major round of violence in 2020. "Your presence here today is an example of responsible leadership," the UN's top Libya official Stephanie Williams said as she opened the talks. HoR-backed premier Fathi Bashagha said Wednesday in a letter to UN chief Antonio Guterres that he would "now be leading all efforts to bring elections to Libya at the earliest possible opportunity". Recent weeks have seen repeated skirmishes between armed groups in Tripoli, prompting fears of a return to full-scale conflict.
