The sixth UN special envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, resigned in his role early March this year, after nearly three years in the post. Salame was appointed Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on 22 June 2017, as the sixth envoy in six years. Martin Kobler, a German diplomat, was appointed in October 2015 and started his job a month later, as the fifth UN Special Envoy to Libya. It can be argued that the UN is failing Libya, and many will question whether the appointment of a seventh envoy to Libya in nine years will make any difference. As has been the case in the past, appointing a new special envoy to Libya is unlikely to make a marked difference.

Source: Libya Today December 28, 2020 11:48 UTC