Mladenov declines UNSMIL position, Williams to continue in postBy Sami Zaptia. London, 23 December 2020:Nickolay Mladenov, the newly appointed UNSMIL head will not after all take up the job, the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, reported yesterday. Mladenov was only finally approved in his UNSMIL role last week by the U.N. Security Council to replace Ghassan Salame who resigned for health reasons in March. Acting Libya envoy Stephanie Williams will continue in her role as Acting UNSMIL head until a new replacement for Mladenov is agreed by the UN. Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov new Libya UN special envoy, Zimbabwean Raisedon Zenenga to be UNSMIL Coordinator | (libyaherald.com)UNSC agrees new UNSMIL head and a Coordinator, to vote on them this week | (libyaherald.com)Stephanie Williams to act as UNSMIL head until Salame replacement agreed | (libyaherald.com)UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame tenders his resignation | (libyaherald.com)UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame tenders his resignation | (libyaherald.com)

Source: Libya Herald December 23, 2020 18:45 UTC